Patent ID: 6960070

Claim:
Compressor for refrigerant, comprising: an outer housing, a scroll compressor arranged in the outer housing and having a first compressor member arranged stationarily in the outer housing and a second compressor member movable relative to the first compressor member, said compressor members each having a base and first and second scroll ribs, respectively, rising above the respective base, said ribs engaging in one another such that the second compressor member is movable relative to the first compressor member on an orbital path about a central axis for the purpose of compressing the refrigerant, a drive unit for the second compressor member with an eccentric drive, a drive shaft, a drive motor arranged in a motor housing and having drawn-in refrigerant flowing through said drive motor, the refrigerant after flowing through said drive motor exiting from said motor housing, through an exit opening of said motor housing facing said outer housing and defining a space between said outer housing and said motor housing, into a section of said space and flowing through an oil separator prior to entering the scroll compressor, said oil separator being arranged inside the outer housing in said space between the outer housing and said motor housing, said refrigerant when entering said oil separator experiencing a deflection in an azimuthal direction in relation to the central axis caused by a deflection unit having at least one deflection surface arranged opposite the exit opening in said space and said refrigerant being guided in said azimuthal direction by an inner wall face of said outer housing and an outer wall face of said motor housing in order to deposit oil thereon.