Compressor

This compressor comprises a compressor body, an electric motor that has a rotating shaft extending along an axis and drives the compressor body via the rotating shaft, and a housing that houses the compressor body and the electric motor. The electric motor has a rotor capable of rotating about the axis and an annular stator centered about the axis. The housing has a housing body and a pair of highly rigid parts that are provided on the outer side of the housing body in positions opposite in the radial direction and that have higher rigidity than other portions. The stator is fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the housing at a plurality of fixing points provided at positions different from points where the housing intersects with a first straight line connecting the pair of highly rigid parts and a second straight line orthogonal to the first straight line.

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Brief

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Problem

How can vibration in electric motors and rotors be reduced?

Novelty

The electric motor has a rotor capable of rotating about the axis and an annular stator centered about the axis.

Uses

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Assignee

MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.

Published

Mar 10, 2026

Inventors

Shunsuke Yakushiji, Takayuki Hagita

Domain

Electromechanical systems

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Problem

How can vibration in electric motors and rotors be reduced?

Solution

Key novelty

The electric motor has a rotor capable of rotating about the axis and an annular stator centered about the axis.

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1 . A compressor comprising: a compressor body; an electric motor that has a rotating shaft extending along an axis and that drives the compressor body with the rotating shaft; and a housing that has a cylindrical shape about the axis and that accommodates the compressor body and the electric motor, wherein the electric motor has a rotor that is rotatable about the axis, and a stator that has an annular shape about the axis, the housing has a housing body, and a pair of attachment legs that are provided on an outer side of the housing body with respect to the axis at positions facing each other in a radial direction and that are fixed to the housing body a pair of first portions of the housing on which the pair of attachment legs are provided are thicker than a second portion of the housing between the pair of first portions in a circumferential direction with respect to the axis, the pair of first portions have higher rigidity than the second portion by the amount of thickness, the stator is fixed to an inner peripheral surface of the housing at a plurality of fixing points provided at positions different from points where the housing intersects a first straight line connecting the pair of first portions and a second straight line orthogonal to the first straight line, and the plurality of fixing points are disposed at the positions geometrically most distant from the points where the housing intersects the first straight line and the second straight line on the inner peripheral surface of the housing as viewed from the direction of the axis. 2 . The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fixing points are disposed at an equal interval in a circumferential direction with respect to the axis. 3 . The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fixing points are disposed in a square shape.

Compressor

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