Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080247883 | Displacement control valve for variable displacement compressor - A displacement control valve for a variable displacement compressor has a control passage, a valve hole formed in the control passage, a first shaft portion including a valve body, and a connecting portion connected to the end portion of the valve body. The control passage is connected to a crank chamber for controlling the pressure in the crank chamber for adjusting the discharge displacement of the compressor. The valve body is formed at an end portion of the first shaft portion to open and close the valve hole. The connecting portion connected to the end portion of the valve body is disposed into the valve hole, and a circumferential surface of the connecting portion has a curved surface so as to be flared out at an end of the connecting portion. | 10-09-2008 |
20110056370 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - The variable displacement swash plate compressor includes a housing, a drive shaft, a swash plate, a piston, a bleed passage, a supply passage and a low-melting member. The housing has a cylinder bore, a suction chamber, a discharge chamber and a crank chamber. The swash plate is supported in the crank chamber by the drive shaft and inclination angle of the swash plate is adjustable. The piston is reciprocally movably received in the cylinder bore. The bleed passage is formed in the housing in communication with the crank chamber and the suction chamber. The supply passage is formed in the housing in communication with the discharge chamber and the crank chamber. The low-melting member is disposed in the bleed passage so as to restrict fluid flow therethrough and has a lower melting point than the housing. When the low-melting member is melted, an opening of the bleed passage is increased. | 03-10-2011 |
20120234021 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger comprises a housing, a guide member, a return member and a discharge member. The housing includes a plurality of parallel flow passages. The housing includes a first end face and a second end face each having openings. The guide member, the return member and the discharge member are fixed to the first end face or the second end face. The plurality of flow passages are connected by the return member into a single flow passage. The guide member and the discharge member are provided in the opening on a most upstream side and a most downstream of the single flow passage, respectively. At least one of the guide member, the return member and the discharge member integrally includes an attachment portion attached to the housing; and a protruding portion protruding more than the attachment portion toward the housing and including an inclined surface. | 09-20-2012 |
20120240596 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION UNIT - A thermoelectric conversion unit includes first and second cases including first and second recesses that define first and second flow passages and have openings, first and second substrates, a plurality of thermoelectric devices in contact with the inner surfaces of the first and second substrates, a connector for joining the first and second cases, first and second fins protruding from the first and second substrates in the first and second flow passages. The first and second cases include first and second opposed portions opposed to the first and second substrates outside the first and second recess, respectively. A spacer for setting distance between the first opposed portion and the second opposed portion is provided. The spacer sets the distance between the first and second opposed portions to be longer than distance between the outer surface of the first substrate and the outer surface of the second substrate. | 09-27-2012 |
20120240598 | HEAT PUMP SYSTEM - One aspect of the present invention may include a heat pump system having a Peltier unit in an outdoor space and an outdoor heat exchange unit in the outdoor space. The Peltier unit has a Peltier element with a heat-absorbing portion and a heat-radiating portion, a first substrate in contact with the heat-absorbing portion, a second substrate in contact with the heat-radiating portion, a metal case and a resin case. The metal case covers the first substrate and forms a first flow path between itself and the first substrate. The first flow path is connected in a loop-like fashion to the outdoor heat exchange unit by an outdoor piping. The resin case covers the second substrate and forms a second flow path between itself and the second substrate. The second flow path is connected in a loop-like fashion to the indoor heat exchange unit by an indoor piping. | 09-27-2012 |
20120247526 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION UNIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - One aspect of the present invention includes a thermoelectric conversion unit having a case in which a flow path of an open structure is molded, a first substrate covering an open portion of the flow path, a second substrate arranged opposite the first substrate, and a plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. At a bottom surface of the flow path of the case, an introduction pipe and a discharge pipe are formed integrally with the case, and each of the introduction and discharge pipes extend in a direction perpendicular to the first substrate. | 10-04-2012 |
20120325280 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION UNITS - Embodiments of the present invention may include a thermoelectric conversion unit having a pair of substrates opposing each other, thermoelectric conversion elements provided between the pair of substrates, a frame member, and a case. The frame member may be mounted along an outer peripheral portion of the pair of substrates. The case may be formed with flow channels having an opened structure. Opening portions of the flow channels may be covered with the substrates. The case may include a peripheral wall portion configured to cover the outer peripheral portion of the frame member. The peripheral wall portion of the case and the outer peripheral portion of the frame member preferably tightly contact each other to achieve sealing. | 12-27-2012 |
20130291921 | THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE - A thermoelectric device includes a thermoelectric element module arranged such that the vertically upper side is the cooling side and the vertically lower side is the heating side. On the cooling side of the thermoelectric element module, a DC-DC converter, a cooler, and a heat-transfer grease layer are arranged in this order from the vertically upper side. | 11-07-2013 |
20140220425 | ACCUMULATOR - An accumulator includes a case accommodating an electrode assembly and electrolyte. The case includes a recess, a port, and a cap. The recess extends into a wall of the case. The port extends through the case wall in the recess. The cap is welded to the case wall around the recess to close the recess. | 08-07-2014 |
20150017509 | SEPARATOR INCORPORATING ELECTRODE, ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - Provided is a separator incorporating an electrode, provided with two of separator sheets facing each other, an electrode sandwiched between the separator plates. Each of the facing surfaces of the separator sheets is provided with a coated portion coated with a ceramic, and a non-coated portion that is not coated with the ceramic, located in at least a portion of ranges corresponding to peripheral edges of the electrode. The separator sheets are joined to one another in the non-coated portion. | 01-15-2015 |
20150024243 | ELECTRODE AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE COMPRISING SAID ELECTRODE - This electrode is provided with a thin metal sheet and an active substance layer containing, on the surface of the thin metal sheet, multiple active substance particles of a prescribed average particle diameter. The surface of the thin metal sheet includes a forming region where the active substance layer is located. In the forming region, the thin metal sheet has a depressed section in the surface. A portion of the active substance particles is present in at least a part of the depression, and the average distance between the centers of two neighboring particles of these active substance particles present in at least a part of the depression is 60-98% of the aforementioned average particle diameter. | 01-22-2015 |
20150079432 | CURRENT INTERRUPTION DEVICE AND ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE USING SAME - A current interruption device includes: a deforming plate configured to deform when the internal pressure of the casing rises above the predetermined level; a conducting plate which configures the current path; and a contact plate. The conducting plate includes a first contact portion configured to contact the contact plate. The contact plate includes a second contact portion configured to contact the first contact portion. The deforming plate includes a pressure receiving portion configured to receive the internal pressure of the casing and a contacting portion configured to contact the first contact portion. The second contact portion is configured to be separated from the conducting plate by deformation causing the contacting portion to move toward the contact plate. The deforming plate is insulated from the conducting plate and the contact plate. The conducting plate is disposed to be interleaved between the deforming plate and the contact plate. | 03-19-2015 |