Abstract: A control valve is located in a variable displacement compressor that is installed in a refrigerant circuit. The control valve operates such that the pressure difference between first and second pressure monitoring points in the refrigerant circuit seeks a predetermined target value. The first pressure monitoring point is located in a discharge chamber of the compressor. The second pressure monitoring point is located in a flow pipe that extends from the discharge chamber. The static pressure of refrigerant in the discharge chamber is introduced into a control valve from the first pressure monitoring point. A pressure that includes the static pressure and the dynamic pressure of refrigerant in the flow pipe is introduced into the control valve from the second pressure monitoring point. As a result, the displacement of the compressor is reliably controlled without being affected by the thermal load of an evaporator.

Abstract: An electrode wiring structure is disclosed which realizes a semiconductor apparatus as a power semiconductor module with the current path set as shortest as possible and uniformly. The semiconductor apparatus includes: a plurality of semiconductor devices mounted in one array or more on a substrate; a main current electrode mounted along the array(s) of the semiconductor devices, and commonly connected to each of the plurality of semiconductor devices through the substrate. The substrate is connected to the main current electrode through a plurality of wires arranged along the array(s) at equal or substantially equal distances.

Abstract: First pumping threads are formed on an inner circumferential surface of the seal lip portion of an elastomer lip member. The first pumping threads generate a pumping action in a leakage direction when a shaft rotates. A first resin lip member is arranged at a rear side of the elastomer lip member. Second pumping threads generate a pumping action in a direction opposite to the leakage direction when the shaft rotates. The second pumping threads are formed from an inner circumferential surface of a seal lip portion of the first resin lip member to a rear portion of a bent portion thereof. A second resin lip member is arranged at a rear side of the first resin lip member and has a surface sliding on the shaft, which is formed smoothly.

Abstract: An elastomer lip member with its rear supported by a pressure resisting back-up ring, and a synthetic resin lip member arranged on a rear side of the elastomer lip are comprised, and on the inner circumferential surface of the seal lip portion of the elastomer lip member, helical grooves generating a pumping action of a fluid introducing direction from an inner space of machine side when a shaft rotates are formed. When a pressure in the inner space of machine is MPa (gage), by making a contact width between the seal lip portion of the elastomer lip member and a shaft at least 0.6 mm, so that a surface pressure maximum portion of the seal lip portion of the elastomer lip member to the shaft is biased or maldistributed toward its rear side whereby a fluid introduction by said helical grooves is performed satisfactorily.

Abstract: A variable displacement compressor has a crank chamber defined in a housing. A drive shaft is arranged in the housing. A piston is accommodated in the cylinder bore. A swash plate is connected to the piston to convert a rotation of the drive shaft. A retainer surface is arranged in the housing and extends substantially perpendicular to the axis of the drive shaft. A restricting mechanism is arranged between the swash plate and the retainer surface. The restricting mechanism receives the swash plate and restricts movement of the swash plate when the inclination of the swash plate decreases.

Abstract: A displacement control mechanism used for compressor is installed in a refrigerant circuit. The compressor has a bleed passage and a supply passage. The displacement control mechanism includes a first control valve and a second control valve. The first control valve includes a first valve body and a pressure sensitive member. The first valve body adjusts the opening size of the supply passage. The pressure sensitive member moves in accordance with a pressure in the refrigerant circuit. A pressure detection region is located downstream of the first valve body. The second control valve includes a second valve body. The second valve body adjusts the opening size of the bleed passage. The second valve body moves in accordance with the pressure of the pressure detection region. When the pressure of the pressure detection region increases, the second control valve decreases the opening size of the bleed passage. This permits to start with rapid cooling performance.

Abstract: A single headed swash plate type compressor includes a swash plate and pistons reciprocatingly arranged in cylinder bores. Each piston has a body portion and a neck portion. The body portion of the piston has a cavity to reduce the weight of the piston, and the piston has ribs to reinforce the body portion. A first rib is arranged within the cavity near the front end wall of the body portion, and a second rib is arranged outside the cavity near the front end wall of the body portion.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to offer a steering valve device which can reduce both space of the valve assembly in the vehicle and increment of cost and time for manufacturing the device. The steering valve device has a main valve and a correction valve in a housing. The main valve has a supply port, a drain port, and a pair of a right and a left outlets. The main valve is constructed such that either of the right and the left outlets allows to flow the hydraulic fluid, and the other allows to receive the hydraulic fluid according to an operation of a steering wheel. The correction valve has a communicating passage to communicate the right and the left outlets, and a ball to open and close the communicating passage.

Abstract: An external control variable displacement compressor varies its displacement based on the pressure in a control chamber. The compressor has a valve chamber defined in a housing. The valve chamber has an opening to accommodate an electrically operative control valve. The control valve controls pressure in the control chamber due to an external electrical signal. An electrical power supply line is connected to the control valve, the power supply line being in contact with an opening of the valve chamber. The valve chamber opening is surrounded by a circumferential wall. An agonic surface formed on the circumferential wall is constituted of a rounded surface formed by rounding a corner of the opening and/or a chamfered surface formed by chamfering a top of the opening, and is formed on a part of or the entire circumferential wall. The power supply line is to be in contact with the agonic surface.

Abstract: A grease hold extends in an axial direction from one end of a rotary pin to an eccentric portion, and a pair of grease injection holes communicating to the grease hole is open on the outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion. These grease injection holes are arranged so as to be axially separated on both sides from a central portion C of the eccentric portion by L/4 when L is an length of the eccentric portion.

Abstract: A lug plate 11 is secured to a drive shaft 7 which is rotatably supported in a housing so as to rotate together with the drive shaft, and a swash plate 12 is operatively connected to the lug plate through a hinge mechanism so as to rotate together with the lug plate and so as to vary an angle with respect to the drive shaft 7. Pistons 17 which are received in cylinder bores la so as to reciprocally move are operatively connected to the swash plate 12, so that not only can a refrigerant be introduced and discharged in accordance with the rotation of the drive shaft 7, but also the stroke of the pistons 17 can be varied by varying the angle of the swash plate 12. A front radial bearing 9B is provided on the outer periphery of a boss portion 11A of the lug plate 11 and a coil spring 16 to bias the swash plate 12 is received in a spring receiving portion 11C formed in the lug plate 11 on the rear side thereof.

Abstract: A control valve includes a valve chamber. A valve body is located in the valve chamber. A first regulator regulates the movement of the valve body. A first spring urges the valve body towards the first regulator. A sensing member divides a sensing chamber into a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber. The sensing member moves in accordance with the pressure difference. A regulator surface regulates the movement of the sensing member. A temporary chamber is formed between the sensing member and the valve body when the valve body is disconnected from the sensing member. The temporary chamber is connected to the second pressure chamber. A second spring urges the sensing member toward the regulator surface. An actuator applies a force to the valve body that is opposite to the force of the first spring and that of the second spring in accordance with commands from an external controller.

Abstract: Valve and separator unit is mounted to a housing of a compressor. The unit includes a check valve for preventing the reverse flow of refrigerant, and an oil separator for separating a mist of lubricating oil contained in the refrigerant from the refrigerant. Separated lubricating oil is introduced into a crank chamber via an oil passage, and the separated refrigerant is directed to the check valve, which prevents of the reverse flow of the refrigerant from the external refrigerant circuit to the discharge chamber.

Abstract: A compressor C has a construction comprising a cylinder block 1 in which cylinder bores 1a are formed, a front housing 2 and a rear housing 4 which are arranged at the front and at the rear, respectively, of the cylinder block 1. Pistons 20 which are accommodated in each cylinder bore 1a so as to be able to reciprocate, are connected to the cam plate 12, which connects to a drive shaft 6 so as to be able to integrally rotate, so as to operate, and the pistons 20 compress refrigerant gas according to the rotation of the drive shaft 6. A suction muffler 40, a discharge muffler 41 and a control valve 31 are provided between the cylinder bores 1a in the cylinder block 1. Further, a unit 60 which comprises a discharge check valve and an oil separator is disposed in the suction muffler 40.

Abstract: A control valve is located in a variable displacement compressor incorporated in a refrigerant circuit. The control valve controls the displacement of the compressor in accordance with a pressure difference between a first pressure monitoring point and a second pressure monitoring point, which are located in the refrigerant circuit, such that the pressure difference seeks a predetermined target value. An adjusting valve, which is a variable throttle valve, is located in a section of the refrigerant circuit between the first and second pressure monitoring points. The adjusting valve adjusts the restriction amount of the refrigerant in relation to the refrigerant flow in the refrigerant circuit. The compressor displacement is thus optimally controlled.

Abstract: A swash plate type compressor of variable capacity type including a rotary drive shaft, a swash plate angle adjusting device for adjusting the inclination angle between a minimum and a maximum angle, and wherein the_swash plate has a first center point at the maximum inclination angle and a second center point at the minimum inclination angle, each of the center points being an intersection between an intermediate plane of the swash plate which is intermediate in the thickness direction and a centerline of the swash plate, the two center points being located on the rotation axis, or the first center point being located on the rotation axis or offset therefrom on one side of the rotation axis corresponding to the compression-end circumferential part of the swash plate, while the second center point is offset a larger distance from the rotation axis than the first center point.

Abstract: A method of machining seats of a compressor piston having an approximately hemispherical recess. A surface of a piston extending perpendicular to an axis of the piston is machined by annularly moving a cutting element while the cutting element is rotated with respect to the piston to form an annularly cut portion. The surface is further machined by moving the same cutting element in a direction toward the surface while the cutting element and the piston are relatively rotated to form a hemispherical recess in the surface. The firstly formed annularly cut portion becomes an annular chamfered portion on the periphery of the hemispherical recess. In this way, it is possible to form the hemispherical recess, and the annular chamfered portion on the periphery thereof, with the common cutting tool.

Abstract: A compression regenerative machine for a fuel cell according to the present invention comprises a displacement type compression mechanism portion C connected to an oxygen-containing gas supply side of a fuel cell F, and a displacement type regenerative mechanism portion E connected to an exhaust discharge side of the fuel cell F. A confined compression chamber 14 defined by the compression mechanism portion C and a confined regenerative chamber 24 defined by the regenerative mechanism portion E have a capacity ratio of 1.25 to 3.

Abstract: A sensor installation structure and method for a potentiometer located on the exterior of a fork lift. A sensor cover is fixed to a bracket to protect the potentiometer. The cover has an opening permitting the passage of lead wires. A fluid sealant is charged between the cover and the potentiometer to seal the potentiometer.

Abstract: A variable displacement compressor 10 includes a wall 1a that seals a cylinder bore 14, and is integrally formed with a cylinder block 1. A rear plate 5 having a plate-like shape is fastened via a gasket 6 to a location that extends to the inner rear side of a wall 1a. Suction valves 40 and discharge valves 44 are disposed within the wall 1a.