Patent 7891961 was granted and assigned to Daikin Industries, Ltd. on February, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A bolt hole receiving a fixing bolt is formed in a portion of an end plate overlapping an annular piston or a fixed wrap as viewed in a thickness direction of the end plate to open at the back face of the end plate. In fixing a discharge valve to the end plate, the fixing bolt is screwed into the bolt hole.