Linear compressor

• US 20060108880A1
• Filed: 11/24/2004
• Published: 05/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Jong Koo, Song, Gye Young
• Application Number:
  US10/995,298
• Publication Number:
  US 20060108880A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 310/14
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 35/045 using solenoids
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 39/064 Cooling by a cooling jacket in the pump casing
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 3/24 with channels or ducts for cooling medium between the conductors
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 33/06 with polarised armatures

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a linear compressor. The linear compressor comprises a cooling channel disposed in contact with a bobbin on which a coil is wound, and a cooling fluid supply unit to supply a cooling fluid to the cooling channel such that the bobbin and the coil are cooled by means of the cooling fluid. Consequently, the coil is prevented from overheating, whereby compression efficiency of the linear compressor is effectively improved, and service life of the linear compressor is effectively increased.

Claims

1. A linear compressor comprising:

a cylinder;

a piston disposed such that the piston can be linearly reciprocated in the cylinder;

a bobbin;

a coil wound on the bobbin;

a magnet linearly movable by means of a magnetic force generated around the coil;

a magnet frame to transmit the linear movement of the magnet to the piston;

a cooling channel disposed in contact with the bobbin; and

a cooling fluid supply unit to supply a cooling fluid into the cooling channel.

2. The compressor as set forth in claim 1, wherein the cooling channel is a cooling pipe disposed in contact with the inner circumference of the bobbin.

3. The compressor as set forth in claim 2, wherein the cooling pipe is wound in the shape of a spiral.

4. The compressor as set forth in claim 1, wherein the cooling fluid supply unit is a pump that pumps the cooling fluid to the cooling channel.

5. The compressor as set forth in claim 1, wherein the cooling fluid supply unit comprises:

a pump that supplies the cooling fluid;

first fluid guide holes to guide the cooling fluid pumped by means of the pump between the cylinder and the piston; and

second fluid guide holes to guide the cooling fluid having passed between the cylinder and the piston to the cooling channel.

6. A linear compressor comprising:

a hermetically sealed container containing oil;

a cylinder block disposed in the hermetically sealed container, the cylinder block being provided with a cylinder;

a piston disposed such that the piston can be linearly reciprocated in the cylinder;

a linear motor connected to the piston for linearly reciprocating the piston;

a cooling channel disposed in contact with the linear motor; and

an oil supply unit to supply the oil contained in the hermetically sealed container to the cooling channel.

7. The compressor as set forth in claim 6, wherein the linear motor comprises:

a bobbin;

a coil wound on the bobbin;

an outer stator core that surrounds the bobbin;

a magnet linearly movable forward and backward by means of a magnetic force generated at the coil; and

a magnet frame to transmit the linear forward and backward movement of the magnet to the piston, and

wherein the cooling channel is a cooling pipe disposed in contact with the inner circumference of the bobbin.

8. The compressor as set forth in claim 7, wherein the cooling pipe is wound in the shape of a spiral.

9. The compressor as set forth in claim 6, wherein the oil supply unit is a pump that supplies the oil contained in the hermetically sealed container to the cooling channel.

10. The compressor as set forth in claim 6, wherein the oil supply unit comprises:

an oil pump that pumps the oil contained in the hermetically sealed container;

first oil guide holes to guide the oil pumped by means of the oil pump between the cylinder and the piston; and

second oil guide holes to guide the oil having passed between the cylinder and the piston to the cooling channel.

11. The compressor as set forth in claim 10, wherein the first oil guide holes are formed at the cylinder block and the cylinder, respectively, the first oil guide hole of the cylinder communicating with the first oil guide hole of the cylinder block such that the oil pumped by means of the oil pump successively passes through the cylinder block and the cylinder, and is then guided between the cylinder and the piston.

12. The compressor as set forth in claim 10, wherein the second oil guide holes are formed at the cylinder and the cylinder block, respectively, the second oil guide hole of the cylinder communicating with the second oil guide hole of the cylinder block such that the oil between the cylinder and the piston successively passes through the cylinder and the cylinder block, and is then guided to the oil receiving part of the bobbin.

13. A linear compressor comprising:

a hermetically sealed container containing oil;

a cylinder block disposed in the hermetically sealed container, the cylinder block being provided with a cylinder;

a piston disposed such that the piston can be linearly reciprocated in the cylinder;

a linear motor connected to the piston for linearly reciprocating the piston, the linear motor including

a bobbin having a coil receiving part and an oil receiving part divided from the coil receiving part by means of a partition,

a coil wound on the coil receiving part,

an outer stator core that surrounds the bobbin,

a magnet linearly movable forward and backward by means of a magnetic force generated at the coil, and

a magnet frame to transmit the linear forward and backward movement of the magnet to the piston; and

an oil supply unit to supply oil to the oil receiving part of the bobbin.

14. The compressor as set forth in claim 13, wherein

the coil receiving part of the bobbin is disposed at the outer part of the bobbin in the radial direction of the bobbin, and

the oil receiving part of the bobbin is disposed at the inner part of the bobbin in the radial direction of the bobbin.

15. The compressor as set forth in claim 13, wherein

the coil receiving part of the bobbin is disposed at the inner part of the bobbin in the radial direction of the bobbin, and

the oil receiving part of the bobbin is disposed at the outer part of the bobbin in the radial direction of the bobbin.

16. The compressor as set forth in claim 13, wherein the oil receiving part of the bobbin is provided with

an oil supply channel that guides the oil supplied by means of the oil supply unit to the oil receiving part, and

an oil discharge channel that discharges the oil in the oil receiving part out of the linear motor.

17. The compressor as set forth in claim 16, wherein the oil supply unit comprises:

an oil pump that pumps the oil contained in the hermetically sealed container; and

an oil pipe that guides the oil pumped by means of the oil pump to the oil supply channel.

18. The compressor as set forth in claim 16, wherein the oil supply unit comprises:

an oil pump that pumps the oil contained in the hermetically sealed container;

first oil guide holes to guide the oil pumped by means of the oil pump between the cylinder and the piston; and

second oil guide holes to guide the oil having passed between the cylinder and the piston to the oil supply channel.

19. The compressor as set forth in claim 18, wherein the first oil guide holes are formed at the cylinder block and the cylinder, respectively, the first oil guide hole of the cylinder communicating with the first oil guide hole of the cylinder block such that the oil pumped by means of the oil pump successively passes through the cylinder block and the cylinder, and is then guided between the cylinder and the piston.

20. The compressor as set forth in claim 18, wherein the second oil guide holes are formed at the cylinder and the cylinder block, respectively, the second oil guide hole of the cylinder communicating with the second oil guide hole of the cylinder block such that the oil between the cylinder and the piston successively passes through the cylinder and the cylinder block, and is then guided to the oil receiving part of the bobbin.