Patent ID: 6997101

Claim:
A reciprocating compressor, comprising: a rotating shaft rotated by a drive unit which generates a rotating force; an eccentric shaft eccentrically rotated by the rotating shaft; a piston to reciprocate by a force transmitted from the eccentric shaft, thus compressing a refrigerant; a connecting rod having, on an end thereof, an eccentric shaft mounting hole so that the eccentric shaft is mounted to the end of the connecting rod, the connecting rod converting a rotating motion of the eccentric shaft into a reciprocating motion to reciprocate the piston; a bush placed between the eccentric shaft mounting hole and the eccentric shaft to fill a space between the eccentric shaft mounting hole and the eccentric shaft, with a hinge hole being provided at a predetermined portion of the bush to allow the eccentric shaft to be rotatably fitted into the hinge hole; a fitting recess provided on one of the eccentric shaft mounting hole and the bush; and a fitting projection provided on a remaining one of the eccentric shaft mounting hole and the bush to correspond to the fitting recess, the fitting projection engaging with the fitting recess through a press-fitting process.