Compressor Driveshaft Assembly and Compressor Including Same

Abstract

A compressor system includes a compressor housing and a driveshaft rotatably supported within the compressor hous­ing. The compressor system further includes an impeller that imparts kinetic energy to incoming refrigerant gas upon rotation of the driveshaft, a thrust disk coupled to the driveshaft, and a bearing assembly mounted to the compres­sor housing. The impeller includes an impeller bore having an inner surface, and the thrust disk includes an outer disk and a hub. The bearing assembly rotatably supports the outer disk of the thrust disk. The hub is disposed within the impeller bore, and includes a hub outer surface in contact with the inner surface of the impeller bore. A first contact force between the hub outer surface and the inner surface of the impeller bore increases with increased rotational speed of the driveshaft.

Patent Number
11,573,155
Date Of Issue
Inventors

Jason Wilkes; Zheji Liu