US 12,228,120 B2
Linear compressor
Junghae Kim, Seoul (KR); Sangeun Bae, Seoul (KR); and Seunguk Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/207,100.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0124985 (KR), filed on Sep. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0110557 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. F04B 39/00 (2006.01); F04B 35/04 (2006.01); F25B 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC F04B 39/0061 (2013.01) [F04B 39/0055 (2013.01); F04B 39/0072 (2013.01); F04B 35/045 (2013.01); F25B 1/02 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A linear compressor comprising:
a cylinder;
a piston configured to axially reciprocate in the cylinder;
a back cover disposed at a rear of the piston, the back cover defining an opening at a central area thereof in a radial direction;
a first muffler unit coupled to the piston, the first muffler unit comprising (i) an inner guide disposed in the piston and (ii) a first intake muffler disposed between the inner guide and the back cover; and
a second muffler unit comprising (i) a second intake muffler that is in fluid communication with the first intake muffler and is coupled to the opening, (ii) a muffler body surrounding the second intake muffler, and (iii) a muffler cover disposed between the muffler body and the back cover,
wherein an outer circumferential surface of the second intake muffler defines a first communication hole that fluidly communicates an inside of the second intake muffler with a first space that is defined between the second intake muffler and the muffler body, and
wherein the muffler body defines a resonance communication hole that fluidly communicates the first space with a second space that is defined between the muffler body and the muffler cover.