Scroll compressor with surface processed orbiting scroll plate back surface

• US 7,699,591 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2004
• Issued: 04/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Iida, Noboru, Hiwata, Akira, Futagami, Yoshiyuki, Shintaku, Hidenobu
• Primary Examiner(s): Trieu; Theresa
• Application Number:
  US10/561,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20070212244A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,128 Days
• Field of Search: 418 551- 556, 418/57, 418/1, 418/178, 418/179
• US Class Current: 418/178
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 18/0215 where only one member is moving
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 2230/92 Surface treatment
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 29/028 Means for improving or restricting lubricant flow
• CPC Class Codes: F05C 2201/021 Aluminium
• CPC Class Codes: F05C 2201/0433 Iron group; Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel

Abstract

A scroll compressor in which a scroll fixed lap rising from a fixed plate of a fixed scroll and a scroll orbiting lap rising from an orbiting plate of an orbiting scroll are combined with each other to form compression chambers therebetween, the fixed scroll is made of iron-based material, the orbiting scroll is made of aluminum-based material, at least the plate back surface of the orbiting scroll is subjected to surface processing.

Claims

1. A scroll compressor in which a scroll fixed lap rising from a fixed plate of a fixed scroll and a scroll orbiting lap rising from an orbit ng plate of an orbiting scroll are combined with each other to form compression chambers therebetween, a plate back surface of said orbiting scroll is provided with a back pressure space, said back pressure space is divided into an inner region and an outer region by a seal ring, high pressure is applied to said inner region of said seal ring, pressure which is lower than that applied to said in tier region is applied to said outer region, thereby bringing said orbiting scroll into contact with said fixed scroll, a rotation-resistant part restrains said orbiting scroll from rotating, said orbiting scroll is allowed to orbit, thereby moving said compression chamber toward a center of scroll while reducing volume of said compression chamber, refrigerant gas is sucked into said compression chamber and compressed, wherein;

said seal ring is located in said back pressure space,

said fixed scroll is made of iron-based material, said orbiting scroll is made of aluminum-based material, only said plate back surface of said orbiting scroll is subjected to surface processing to form a hardened layer, and

a sliding portion between said plate back surface of said orbiting scroll and said seal ring is masked and subjected to the surface processing, so as to provide reduced friction between the seal ring and the place back surface, thereby forming said hardened layer on a portion of said plate back surface, but not forming said hardened layer on the sliding portion between said back plate surface and said seal ring.

2. The scroll compressor according to claim 1, wherein any of alumite coating processing, PVD processing and nickel phosphorus plating processing is carried out as the surface processing.

3. A scroll compressor in which a scroll fixed lap rising from a fixed plate of a fixed scroll and a scroll orbiting lap rising from an orbiting plate of an orbiting scroll are combined with each other to form compression chambers therebetween, a plate back surface of said orbiting scroll is provided with a back pressure space, said back pressure space is divided into an inner region and an outer region by a seal ring, high pressure is applied to said inner region of said seal ring, pressure which is lower than that applied to said inner region is applied to said outer region, thereby bringing said orbiting scroll into contact with said fixed scroll, a rotation resistant parts restrains said orbiting scroll from rotating, said orbiting scroll is allowed to orbit, thereby moving said compression chamber toward a center of scroll while reducing volume of said compression chamber, refrigerant gas is sucked into said compression chamber and compressed, wherein:

said seal ring is located in said back pressure space,

said fixed scroll is made of iron-based material, said orbiting scroll is made of aluminum-based material, only said plate back surface of said orbiting scroll is subjected to surface processing to form a hardened layer, and

said hardened layer formed by the surface processing of a sliding portion between said plate back surface of said orbiting scroll and said seal ring only, is removed by working, so as to provide reduced friction between the seal ring and the plate back surface.

4. The scroll compressor according to claim 3, wherein any of alumite coating processing, PVD processing and nickel phosphorus plating processing is carried out as the surface processing.