Patent ID: 8157553

Claim:
A scroll compressor comprising: a fixed scroll in which a fixed scroll body being a scroll wall is placed upright on an end plate; a turning scroll in which a turning scroll body being a scroll wall is placed upright on an end plate, the turning scroll forming a compression space in a state in which the turning scroll body is engaged with the fixed scroll body; and a plurality of pins for allowing the turning scroll to revolve with respect to the fixed scroll while preventing the turning scroll from an autorotation around a center of a drive central axis, wherein a center of the turning scroll body which is a gravity center of the turning scroll is shifted with respect to the drive central axis, so that a distance between the center of gravity and the drive central axis in the turning scroll becomes smaller than a predetermined allowable value set based on a theoretical displacement volume and a mass of the turning scroll, wherein the predetermined allowable value is calculated by the equation Lg=9×Vth/Msc, where Lg is the allowable value of the distance between the center of gravity and the drive central axis, Msc [g] is a mass of the turning scroll, and Vth [ml/rev] is a theoretical displacement volume of the scroll compressor.