Patent 7513760 was granted and assigned to LG on April, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An oil pump of a scroll compressor is provided. The oil pump includes a pump body to which a drive shaft is inserted; a gear unit inserted to a lower side of the pump body and rotating by the rotation of the drive shaft; and a pump cover coupled to a lower side of the pump body and including an inlet through which oil is introduced, an outlet through which the introduced oil is discharged to the drive shalt, and one or more noise reducing portions reducing noise generated during a pumping process.