A compression unit of a rotary compressor includes a cylinder, an upper end plate that closes the upper side of the cylinder, a lower end plate that closes the lower side of the cylinder, and a piston that is fitted to a rotating shaft, revolves along an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder, and forms a cylinder chamber in the cylinder. At least one of an end face of the piston in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, a sliding surface of the upper end plate that slides with the end face of the piston, and a sliding surface of the lower end plate that slides with the end face of the piston, has formed therein an oil-film retention region having an array of a plurality of recessed portions that retain lubricating oil.

A rotary compressor is provided that may include a rotational shaft, first and second bearings configured to support the rotational shaft in a radial direction, a cylinder disposed between the first and second bearings to form a compression space, a rotor disposed in the compression space to form a contact point forming a predetermined gap with the cylinder and coupled to the rotational shaft to compress a refrigerant as the rotor rotates, and at least one vane slidably inserted into the rotor, the at least one each vane coming into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder to separate the compression space into a plurality of regions. The at least one vane may include a pin that extends upward or downward, and a lower surface of the first bearing or an upper surface of the second bearing may include a rail groove into which the pin may be inserted.

A compressor including a housing, and a motor including a stator to be interference fitted into and fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the housing and a rotor rotatable inside the stator. The stator includes an annular back yoke disposed inside the housing, a plurality of teeth extending radially inward from the back yoke, and a coil wound on the plurality of teeth. The back yoke includes a deformation portion compressed and deformed by the housing while the stator is interference fitted into the inner circumferential surface of the housing, a contact portion which protrudes radially outward from the deformation portion and being in contact with the housing, and a cavity formed on a radial inner side of the deformation portion into which the deformation portion is deformed.

The present disclosure provides a multi-stage compressor and an air conditioner having the same. The multi-stage compressor includes: a first-stage cylinder including a first-stage compression cavity and a first vane disposed in the first-stage compression cavity; a second-stage cylinder including a second-stage compression cavity and a second vane disposed in the second-stage compression cavity, wherein a refrigerant flowing out from the first-stage compression cavity enters the second-stage compression cavity; a linkage structure disposed between the first vane and the second vane, so that the second vane is capable of moving with a movement of the first vane and maintain contact with a roller in the second-stage compression cavity.

A single-stage enthalpy enhancing rotary compressor and an air conditioner having same. The single-stage enthalpy enhancing rotary compressor includes: at least one single-stage cylinder, a rotator, an upper flange, and a lower flange. The rotator is arranged inside the cylinder and is rotatable, a compression chamber is formed between the rotator and an inner peripheral wall of the cylinder, a vapor injection opening is defined in at least one of the upper flange the lower flange, and the vapor injection opening is configured to supply gas outside the compressor to the compression chamber directly. According to the present disclosure, two-stage compression is realized without adding an extra cylinder, thereby effectively enhancing a circulation of refrigerant, improving cooling performance of the air conditioner under high environmental temperatures.

A rotary compressor is provided that may include a rotational shaft, first and second bearings configured to support the rotational shaft in a radial direction, a cylinder disposed between the first and second bearings to form a compression space, a rotor disposed in the compression space and coupled to the rotational shaft to compress a refrigerant as the rotor rotates, and at least one vane slidably inserted into the rotor, the at least one vane coming into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder to separate the compression space into a plurality of regions. At least one of the first bearing and the second bearing may include first and second pockets formed on a surface facing the rotor, and at least one of the first pocket and the second pocket may be formed in an asymmetrical shape.

A rotary compressor includes a compression device including a compression space to accommodate a refrigerant introduced through an inlet, and configured to compress the refrigerant and to discharge the refrigerant to an outlet, a driving device to drive the compression device, a flange member to partition an inner portion of the case into a low-pressure region and a high-pressure region, and a muffler member disposed on a surface of the flange member to form a first space to store oil and a second space. The flange member includes a first hole communicating with the second space to allow the low-pressure region to communicate with the compression space, the muffler member includes a second hole which forms part of a refrigerant flow path, and at least one of the flange member and the muffler member includes a third hole which forms part of an oil flow path.

A rotary compressor has a combined vane-roller structure that may ensure improved productivity and reliability through control of mechanical properties. The rotary compressor includes a coupling groove which is disposed at one side of an outer circumferential surface of the roller, which has a circular arc shape from an outer diameter of the roller towards an inner diameter of the roller, and which is configured to couple a vane and the roller, and includes a ferrosoferric oxide (Fe.sub.3O.sub.4) film on a surface of the coupling groove. A manufacturing method of the rotary compressor is also described.

A rotary compressor is provided for which a vane slot is formed in each cylinder, a suction port is disposed at one side of the vane slot in a circumferential direction with a partition wall interposed therebetween, and at least one elastic portion is formed in a penetrated or recessed manner at at least one circumferential side surface of the partition wall or between circumferential side surfaces. Accordingly, an elastic strain of the partition wall may increase to reduce friction loss between the vane slot and a vane, a sealing distance may be secured between axial side surfaces of the partition wall to prevent refrigerant leakage between the vane slot and the suction port, an amount of oil or refrigerant stored between the vane and the vane slot may be increased by virtue of the at least one elastic portion formed on an inner surface of the vane slot defining the partition wall, thereby improving lubricity.

A rotary compressor according to an embodiment includes a plurality of eccentric parts, a first balancer, and a second balancer. The plurality of eccentric parts include a first eccentric part, a second eccentric part, and a third eccentric part disposed to be aligned from one side to the other side. The second balancer is disposed on the other side of the first balancer. Angles between a direction of eccentricity of the first balancer and directions of eccentricity of the plurality of eccentric parts are configured to increase in an order of the third eccentric part, the second eccentric part, and the first eccentric part. Angles between a direction of eccentricity of the second balancer and directions of eccentricity of the plurality of eccentric parts are configured to increase in an order of the first eccentric part, the second eccentric part, and the third eccentric part.