Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080240928 | REFRIGERANT SUCTION STRUCTURE IN FIXED DISPLACEMENT TYPE PISTON COMPRESSOR, AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD IN FIXED DISPLACEMENT TYPE PISTON COMPRESSOR - An introduction passage of rotary valve has outlets for feeding out refrigerant in a suction pressure zone toward each of compression chambers. A switch portion in a shutoff state shuts off a portion of the suction pressure zone within a compressor from the outlets of the introduction passage. The switch portion includes a valve body, a working pressure chamber, and a working pressure applying portion. The working pressure chamber introduces a working pressure that is applied to the valve body so as to arrange the valve body at a communication position. The pressure in the suction pressure zone acts against the pressure in the working pressure chamber through the valve body. | 10-02-2008 |
20090022604 | Suction structure in piston type compressor - A suction structure is provided for allowing refrigerant from a suction pressure region in a piston type compressor. The compressor includes a rotary valve. The suction structure includes a shifting device which shifts between a connecting state and a disconnecting state. In the connecting state an outlet of a supply passage of the rotary valve is connected to a suction pressure region and in the disconnecting state the outlet of the supply passage is disconnected from the suction pressure region. The shifting device includes a valve body, a return spring, and a permanent magnet. The valve body is movable between a connecting position and a disconnecting position. The return spring urges the valve body from the connecting position toward the disconnecting position. The permanent magnet attracts the valve body by magnetic force from the connecting position toward the disconnecting position. | 01-22-2009 |
20090041593 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT TYPE GEAR PUMP - A variable displacement type gear pump has gear chambers, one of which is a specific gear chamber. A suction passage is formed in the housing so as to communicate with suction-side spaces. An outlet passage communicates with discharge-side spaces. A return passage returns the fluid discharged to the discharge-side space of the specific gear chamber to the suction passage. The return passage communicates with the suction passage at a confluence portion located upstream side of the suction-side space. An opening and closing valve opens the return passage in a small displacement operational state. A check valve is located between the discharge-side space of the specific gear chamber and the outlet passage for preventing the fluid discharged from the gear chamber other than the specific gear chamber from flowing into the discharge-side space of the specific gear chamber in the small displacement operational state. | 02-12-2009 |
20090041594 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT TYPE GEAR PUMP - In a variable displacement type gear pump, each of a main gear pump portion and a sub gear pump portion has a drive gear, a driven gear engaging with the drive gear, and an urging portion applying radial load to the drive and driven gears. A bypass passage returns fluid in a discharge-side space of the sub gear pump portion to a suction passage. An opening and closing valve opens the bypass passage in a small displacement operational state. A drive shaft supports the main drive gear and the sub drive gear. A driven shaft supports the main driven gear and the sub driven gear. The drive gears and the driven gears are rotated in accordance with a rotation of the drive shaft. The drive and driven shafts transmit the radial load in the main gear pump portion to the sub gear pump portion in the small displacement operational state. | 02-12-2009 |
20090097990 | Swash plate type compressor - A swash plate type compressor has a cylinder block, a drive shaft, a piston, a pair of first and second shoes and a swash plate. The swash plate has a first surface on the far side of the swash plate from the cylinder bore in slide contact with the first shoe and a second surface on the same side of the swash plate as the cylinder bore in slide contact with the second shoe. The swash plate has first and second edges formed between the first and second surfaces and an outer peripheral surface of the swash plate, respectively. The swash plate has a curved surface formed on the first edge at and adjacent to the bottom dead center of the swash plate whose radius of curvature is larger than that of the surface of the second edge. | 04-16-2009 |
20090107327 | Capacity-variable type swash plate compressor - A capacity-variable type swash plate compressor in which the preferable operability of a link mechanism and reduction of manufacturing cost are realized is provided. According to the compressor in the present invention, a link mechanism includes one swash plate arm and intermediate arms. The intermediate arms include first and second intermediate arms. The first and second intermediate arms are joined while being rotatably supported by a lug member and the swash plate arm via a lug-side pin which constitutes a lug-side axis and a swash-plate-side pin which constitutes a swash-plate-side axis and clamping the lug member and the swash plate arm via the lug-side pin and the swash-plate-side pin so as to allow a sliding movement. | 04-30-2009 |
20090129948 | SUCTION STRUCTURE IN FIXED DISPLACEMENT PISTON TYPE COMPRESSOR - A suction structure is provided for allowing refrigerant into a suction pressure region in a fixed displacement piston type compressor. The compressor includes a rotary valve. The suction structure includes a shifting device which shifts between a connecting state and a disconnecting state. The shifting device includes a valve body, a return spring, a first and a second displacement chambers, and a throttle passage. The return spring urges the valve body from a connecting position toward a disconnecting position. The volume of the first displacement chamber is displacable in accordance with an amount of a fluid inside therein. The volume of the second displacement is displaced. The fluid is filled in the first and the second displacement chambers. The throttle passage connects the first displacement chamber to the second displacement chamber. The fluid flows through the throttle passage when the volume of the first displacement chamber is displaced. | 05-21-2009 |
20090142210 | Suction structure in piston type compressor - A suction structure allows refrigerant from a suction pressure region in a piston type compressor. The suction structure includes a shifting device, a bleed passage, and a check valve. The shifting device has a valve body, a return spring, a backpressure chamber, and a backpressure passage. The valve body is movable between a connecting position and a disconnecting position. The return spring urges the valve body from the connecting position toward the disconnecting position. The backpressure chamber is defined by the valve body. The backpressure passage communicates with the suction pressure region and the backpressure chamber. The bleed passage communicates with the suction pressure region and the backpressure chamber. The check valve allows a fluid to flow from the backpressure chamber into the bleed passage. | 06-04-2009 |
20090220354 | SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - An object of the invention is to provide a swash plate compressor capable of realizing an excellent sliding characteristic when a drive shaft is rotated at high speed, and a high refrigerating capacity when the drive shaft is rotated at low speed. | 09-03-2009 |
20090220355 | SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - The invention has its object to provide a swash plate compressor capable of realizing demonstration of an excellent sliding characteristic when a drive shaft is rotated at high speed, and of a high refrigerating capacity when the drive shaft is rotated at low speed. | 09-03-2009 |
20090269216 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT TYPE COMPRESSOR WITH DISPLACEMENT CONTROL MECHANISM - A variable displacement type compressor in which a discharge-pressure region, a suction-pressure region and a pressure control chamber are defined, has a tiltable swash plate and a piston reciprocated by the swash plate in the pressure control chamber. The inclination angle of the swash plate and the piston stroke are changed by adjustment of pressure in the pressure control chamber thereby to control the displacement of the compressor. The compressor further comprises a supply passage for supplying refrigerant gas from the discharge-pressure region to the pressure control chamber, a release passage for releasing the refrigerant gas from the pressure control chamber to the suction-pressure region, a first control valve for adjusting a cross-sectional area of the supply passage from the discharge-pressure region to the pressure control chamber and a second control valve for adjusting cross-sectional area of the release passage. The second control valve includes a valve body for opening and closing the release passage whose cross-sectional area is set minimum when the valve body is located at the closed position and a valve spring for urging the valve body in a direction to open the release passage. When the second control valve is closed, pressure in the supply passage downstream the first control valve acts on the valve body in a direction to close the release passage and pressure in the suction-pressure region acts on the valve body in a direction to open the release passage. | 10-29-2009 |
20100104454 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT TYPE COMPRESSOR WITH DISPLACEMENT CONTROL MECHANISM - A variable displacement type compressor has a supply passage for supplying refrigerant gas to a pressure control chamber, a release passage for releasing the refrigerant gas from the pressure control chamber, a first control valve for controlling the amount of the refrigerant gas flowing through the supply passage, a check valve provided between the first control valve and the pressure control chamber and preventing the refrigerant gas from flowing from the pressure control chamber to the first control valve by closing the supply passage and a second control valve for adjusting a cross-sectional area of the release passage from minimum to maximum. The second control valve has a back pressure chamber communicating with the supply passage, a valve chamber forming a part of the release passage and communicating with a suction-pressure region, a valve hole forming a part of the release passage and communicating with the valve chamber and a spool having a valve portion located in the valve chamber. When a pressure in the back pressure chamber increases, the valve portion decreases the degree of opening of the valve hole. | 04-29-2010 |
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 |
20120134854 | Differential pressure control valve and variable displacement compressor having the differential pressure control valve - A differential pressure control valve has a valve seat made of magnetic material, a valve body having a lid made of magnetic material, and a guiding member. Fluid passes through a valve hole formed in the seat. The body on the downstream side of the seat separates from or is seated on the seat in accordance with the pressure difference between the upstream and downstream sides to selectively open and close the hole. The guiding member fixed to the seat guides the body. The lid is seated on the seat to close the hole. A guided member is made of nonmagnetic material. One of the seat and the lid has a permanent magnet. The body is urged in the direction approaching the seat by the force of the magnet located at a position outside the area where the body is seated on the seat. | 05-31-2012 |
20120247319 | SWASH PLATE TYPE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - A housing has a peripheral wall that surrounds a crank chamber. The peripheral wall has a valve chamber that is recessed radially inward from an outer surface of the peripheral wall with respect to the axis. A bimetal member, which deforms in correspondence with the temperature in the crank chamber, is arranged in the valve chamber. A valve body, which is supported by the bimetal member, is arranged in the valve chamber. The peripheral wall has a first oil discharge passage and allows communication between the crank chamber and the valve chamber, and a second oil discharge passage through which the valve chamber and a suction chamber communicate with each other. When the temperature in the crank chamber exceeds a predetermined value and deforms the bimetal member to move the valve body, communication between the first and second oil discharge passage is permitted through the valve chamber. | 10-04-2012 |
20120251347 | COMPRESSOR WITH TRANSMISSION - A compressor with a transmission includes a clutch that varies the rotational speed of an output shaft between two different speeds. The clutch includes a friction layer, which secures a ring roller by movement of the ring roller in a first direction (securing direction), a first control chamber, a first control piston accommodated in the first control chamber and movable in the direction of an input shaft axis, a first thrust bearing between the first control piston and the ring roller, a second control chamber facing the first control chamber, a second control piston accommodated in the second control chamber and movable in the direction of the axis), a second thrust bearing between the second control piston and the ring roller, and a pressure control mechanism, which controls a first control pressure supplied to the first control chamber and a second control pressure supplied to the second control chamber. | 10-04-2012 |
20120301341 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor includes a valve plate, a suction reed valve, and a seat surface. The valve plate has a suction port that communicates with a compression chamber and a suction chamber. The suction reed valve can open and close the suction port. The seat surface is formed on the valve plate, and is abutted with the suction reed valve when the suction reed valve closes the suction port. The seat surface includes a flat seal surface surrounding the suction port, and a groove surrounding the seal surface. The valve portion of the suction reed valve includes a flat sealing surface which is brought into close contact with the seal surface to close the suction port. The seat surface has a plurality of protrusions which space the seal surface from the sealing surface when the pressures of the compression chamber and the suction chamber are identical. | 11-29-2012 |
20130126017 | DISPLACEMENT CONTROL VALVE - A displacement control valve includes an electromagnetic solenoid, a drive force transmitting body actuated, and a pressure sensitive portion having a pressure sensitive body that selectively extends and contracts in the movement direction of the drive force transmitting body in correspondence with pressure in a pressure sensitive chamber. A first valve body is arranged in the pressure sensitive body to adjust the cross-sectional area of an outlet passage. A second valve body is connected to the drive force transmitting body to adjust the cross-sectional area of a supply passage. The pressure sensitive body is movable in the movement direction of the drive force transmitting body in the pressure sensitive chamber. The pressure sensitive chamber is configured to communicate with the control pressure chamber. The pressure sensitive body is urged by the pressure in the control pressure chamber in the direction in which the first valve body closes. | 05-23-2013 |
20130236342 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor has suction reed valves each of which includes a fixation portion fixed to the valve base plate, a basal portion that extends from the fixation portion and is separable from the plate, and a valve flap extending from the basal portion toward the distal end to selectively open and close the suction port. Each suction port has a shape elongated in the width direction, which is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. The width of the basal portion is greater than that of the suction port. Each valve flap includes an opening-closing portion facing the corresponding suction port and stoppers, which project from the ends in the width direction. The side edges in the width direction are continuous from the stoppers to the basal portion to gradually approach the suction port. The cylinder block has pairs of recessed retainers. The stoppers contact the retainers. | 09-12-2013 |
20140127041 | SWASH PLATE TYPE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - A compressor includes an actuator. The actuator is arranged in a swash plate chamber, while being rotational integrally with a drive shaft. With reference to the swash plate, the actuator is located in a region in which a first cylinder bore is located. The actuator includes a rotation body fixed to the drive shaft, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. A link mechanism is located between the drive shaft and the swash plate. As the inclination angle of the swash plate is changed, the link mechanism moves the top dead center position of a first head by a greater amount than the top dead center position of a second head. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127042 | SWASH PLATE TYPE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - In a compressor, a link mechanism, which allows change of the inclination angle of the swash plate, is arranged between the drive shaft and the swash plate. An actuator is arranged in a swash plate chamber, while being rotational integrally with a drive shaft. The actuator includes a rotation body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. The swash plate has a fulcrum, which is coupled to the link mechanism, and a point of application, which is coupled to the movable body. The drive shaft is located between the fulcrum and the point of application. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127043 | SWASH PLATE TYPE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - A compressor includes an actuator. The actuator is arranged in a swash plate chamber, while being rotational integrally with a drive shaft. The actuator includes a rotation body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. A control mechanism is provided that changes the pressure in the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. The movable body is arranged such that, when the pressure in the control pressure chamber is raised, the movable body pulls the swash plate to increase the inclination angle of the swash plate. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127044 | SWASH PLATE TYPE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - In a compressor according to the present invention, an actuator is arranged in a swash plate chamber in a manner rotatable integrally with a drive shaft. The actuator includes a rotation body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. A control mechanism includes a bleed passage, a supply passage, and a control valve. The control mechanism is capable of changing the pressure in the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. The movable body opposes the lug arm with a swash plate arranged between the movable body and the lug arm. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127045 | SWASH PLATE TYPE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - In a compressor according to the present invention, an actuator is arranged in a swash plate chamber in a manner rotatable integrally with a drive shaft. The actuator includes a rotation body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. A control mechanism includes a bleed passage, a supply passage, and a control valve. The control mechanism is capable of changing the pressure in the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. When the pressure in the control pressure chamber exceeds the pressure in the swash plate chamber, the inclination angle of the swash plate with respect to the rotation axis of the drive shaft increases. | 05-08-2014 |
20140294611 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement swash plate compressor includes a housing, drive shaft, first and second radial bearings, swash plate, and actuator. The actuator includes a movable body and fixed body. The movable body includes a main portion and circumferential wall. The main portion includes an insertion hole. The housing includes an accommodation wall. A first clearance exists between the circumferential wall and fixed body. A second clearance exists between the drive shaft and wall of the insertion hole. A third clearance exists between the circumferential wall and accommodation wall. A fourth clearance exists between the drive shaft and first radial bearing. A fifth clearance exists between the drive shaft and second radial bearing. The first and second clearances differ in size. The sum of the third clearance and the smaller one of the first and second clearances is larger than the fourth and fifth clearances. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294612 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement swash plate compressor is provided with a housing, a drive shaft, a swash plate, a link mechanism, a piston, a conversion mechanism, an actuator, and a control mechanism. The housing includes a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber, and a cylinder bore. The actuator includes a movable body coupled to the swash plate, a fixed body fixed to the drive shaft, and a control pressure chamber defined by the movable body and the fixed body. The movable body includes a circumferential wall extending in a direction along a rotational axis and surrounding the fixed body, which includes a guide portion projecting in an axial direction along an inner surface of the circumferential wall. The movable body contacts the guide portion to restrict inclination of the movable body relative to the drive shaft that is greater than or equal to a predetermined amount. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294613 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement swash plate compressor that includes a cylinder bore, a swash plate chamber, a swash plate, and a double head piston, which defines first and second compression chambers in the cylinder bore. First and second suction chambers are in communication with the first and second compression chambers, respectively. The displacement of the top dead center of the piston in the first compression chamber is greater than the displacement of the top dead center of the piston in the second compression chamber. A first suction passage extends from a suction port to the first suction chamber without passing through the second suction chamber and the swash plate chamber. A second suction passage extends from the first suction chamber to the second suction chamber. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294614 | DOUBLE-HEADED PISTON SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - A double-headed piston swash plate type compressor includes a rotary shaft, a drive force transmitting member, a tiltable swash plate, a movable body that changes the inclination angle of the swash plate, and a control pressure chamber defined by the movable body and the drive force transmitting member, which are arranged on one side with respect to the swash plate in the axial direction of the rotary shaft. The movable body includes a bottom portion, through which the rotary shaft extends, and a cylindrical portion, which extends from the bottom portion in the axial direction of the rotary shaft to surround the rotary shaft. The cylindrical portion is permitted to move in the axial direction while sliding along a part of the drive force transmitting member, so that the inclination angle of the swash plate is changed in accordance with the internal pressure of the control pressure chamber. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294616 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes a rotary shaft, a tiltable swash plate, a movable body that is coupled to the swash plate and changes the inclination angle of the swash plate, a link mechanism that permits the inclination angle of the swash plate to be changed, a first support portion provided to the movable body, a second support portion provided to the swash plate, and a first coupling member that couples the first and second support potions to each other. The second support portion is pivotally supported by the first coupling member. The swash plate has top and bottom dead center associated parts for positioning each piston at top and bottom dead centers, respectively. The top and bottom dead center associated parts are arranged with the rotary shaft in between. The second support portion is arranged between the top and bottom dead center associated parts. | 10-02-2014 |
20140369862 | DOUBLE-HEADED PISTON TYPE SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - A double-headed piston type swash plate compressor includes a swash plate, a double-headed piston, a control pressure chamber, a discharge pressure region, a suction pressure region, a supplying passage, which extends from the discharge pressure region to the control pressure chamber, a narrowing portion, which narrows an opening degree of the supplying passage, and a displacement control valve. The displacement control valve controls a pressure in the control pressure chamber. The displacement control valve includes a driving force transmission rod, a valve chamber, a guide wall, and a back pressure chamber. The back pressure chamber is in communication with the valve chamber through a clearance between the guide wall and the driving force transmission rod. The narrowing portion has a passage cross-sectional area that is larger than a passage cross-sectional area of the clearance. | 12-18-2014 |
20150023810 | DOUBLE-HEADED PISTON TYPE SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - A double-headed piston type swash plate compressor includes first and second cylinder blocks, a rotation shaft, a double-headed piston, a crank chamber, a drive force transmission member, a swash plate, a movable body, a control pressure chamber, and a support. The control pressure chamber is defined by the movable body in the housing. The control pressure chamber moves the movable body in the axial direction of the rotation shaft. The support is located on the swash plate and supported by the rotation shaft. The drive force transmission member and the movable body are located at a first side of the swash plate in the axial direction of the rotation shaft, and the support is located at a second side of the swash plate. The drive force transmission member, the movable body, and the support set the inclination angle of the swash plate relative to the rotation shaft. | 01-22-2015 |
20150044065 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes a displacement control valve. The displacement control valve includes a drive force transmitting member, a valve member having a first valve body, a valve chamber, which accommodates the first valve body, an accommodating chamber, which communicates with a control pressure chamber, a pressure sensing mechanism, which adjusts the valve opening degree of the first valve body, a communicating chamber, which is located on the opposite side of the pressure sensing mechanism from the valve chamber, and a second valve body, which is located in the pressure sensing mechanism and selectively opens and closes the communicating chamber. When the current supply to the electromagnetic solenoid is stopped and the pressure in the suction pressure zone in the communicating chamber is higher than a predetermined pressure, the pressure sensing mechanism contracts to open the second valve body. | 02-12-2015 |
20150044067 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes a displacement control valve. The displacement control valve includes a drive force transmitting member, a valve member having a first valve body, a pressure sensing mechanism, which adjusts the valve opening degree of the first valve body, a communication passage, which connects a back pressure chamber and an accommodating chamber to each other, and a second valve body, which selectively opens and closes the communication passage. The first valve body opens when current supply to an electromagnetic solenoid is stopped and the pressure in a suction pressure zone is less than a threshold value. The second valve body closes when current is supplied to the electromagnetic solenoid and opens when the current supply to the electromagnetic solenoid is stopped and the pressure in the suction pressure zone is greater than or equal to the threshold value. | 02-12-2015 |