Patent ID: 8920139

Claim:
A compressor for compressing a fluid, comprising: a housing having an inlet for receiving the fluid and an outlet returning the fluid; a compressor mechanism adapted to compress a fluid toward the outlet, the compressor mechanism housed in the housing; a drive unit comprising an electric motor having a rotor and a stator, the drive unit operatively connected to the compressor mechanism via a drive shaft for driving the compression mechanism to compress fluid; a lower bearing mount receiving a bottom end of the drive shaft; a suction duct in the housing having an inlet region arranged over the inlet of the housing, the suction duct comprising a ring body having at least one channel facing the housing forming at least one flow passage therebetween, wherein the suction duct is situated in an annular cavity formed between a bottom portion of the stator and the lower bearing mount; and at least one stabilizing structure acting between the suction duct and the housing in the at least one channel.