US Patent 7371057 Variable capacity scroll compressor

Disclosed is a variable capacity scroll compressor including a stationary scroll member on which a stationary spiral wrap is formed, an orbiting scroll member on which an orbiting spiral wrap is formed, the orbiting scroll member rotating while surface-contacting the stationary scroll, a driving motor, a driving shaft for rotating the orbiting scroll member using power transmitted from the driving motor, a control chamber formed on a predetermined portion of the stationary spiral wrap, a pivotal block disposed in the control chamber, and a controller for controlling a pivotal motion of the pivotal block.