Patent attributes
A linear compressor includes a shell having a first opening and a second opening defined at opposite ends of the shell, a compressor body including a cylinder and a piston accommodated in the shell, a support part that protrudes from an end portion of the compressor body toward the second opening, a supporting damper that extends from the support part toward an inner surface of the shell. The supporting damper includes a first portion that is coupled to the support part and that defines a single contact region between the support part and the supporting damper, and at least two second portions that extend from the first portion to the inner surface of the shell and that define at least two contact regions that are spaced apart from each other along the inner surface of the shell.
