Abstract: A refrigerating cycle is capable of performing both an operation in which the maximum cooling power is desired to be unleashed and an operation in which the most excellent performance coefficient is attained.

Abstract: To provide an expansion valve which permits both the assembling cost and the cost of parts to be effectively reduced by a large margin and thus is highly economical. A high-pressure refrigerant pipe, a valve casing and a low-pressure refrigerant pipe are previously formed integrally with an evaporator. At the time of assembling, an expansion valve unit having a minimum function to serve as an expansion valve is inserted into the valve casing and fixed thereto by a clip, and a distal end portion of a temperature sensing cylinder is fixed to an outlet pipe of the evaporator, thereby constructing an expansion valve. No special joints are required to connect the expansion valve unit to the high-pressure and low-pressure refrigerant pipes, and therefore, the cost of parts can be cut down.

Abstract: A pilot operated flow regulating valve has pressure governing chamber receiving a moveable pressure receiving member for common movements together with a main valve member of the pilot operated flow regulating valve in relation to a fixed valve seat and by a differential pressure exerted to the pressure receiving member from both surface sides, further has a leak route of small cross-section extending between the pressure governing chamber and either the upstream or the downstream side of the valve seat, and has a constant differential pressure control valve for selectively either controlling the pressure inside the pressure governing chamber or for blocking a pilot route extending between the upstream and downstream sides.

Abstract: An electromagnetic control valve of a fast response compression volume control apparatus for a refrigeration cycle is provided which connects and blocks a pressure adjusting chamber of the compressor to and from a discharge chamber or a suction chamber such that the a differential pressure between at least one of a pressure in the pressure adjusting chamber and a pressure in the suction chamber and a pressure in the discharge chamber is maintained at a predetermined differential pressure value. The differential pressure is changed by changing the electromagnetic force of the electromagnetic control valve such that the discharge volume of the refrigerant is controlled and the compression volume becomes a predetermined one in a prompt action without a time delay when the electromagnetic force is varied.

Abstract: In an expansion valve the pressure vessel of which is constituted by a reduced number of parts and which does not require seal members a valve unit is surrounded by first and second half shells which in turn are surrounded by a pressure vessel formed as a one-piece body by molding resin by an insert molding process. Since the resin constituting the resin molded one-piece pressure vessel simultaneously form internal sealing member structures no additional seal members are required to be positioned and mounted. The first and second half shells are shaped such that the necessary refrigerant passages for the valve unit are defined in communication with connection holes of the pressure vessel.

Abstract: In a capacity control apparatus of a variable capacity compressor 10 a chamber 30 between a valve seat 26 and diaphragm 24 communicates with a pressure control chamber 12 of the compressor 10. Said valve seat 26 communicates outside said chamber 30 with an inhalation chamber 3 of said compressor. A valve element 25 which is pressure balanced in relation to the pressure Pc in pressure control chamber 12 is axially moveable within said chamber 30. The pressure effective areas of said valve seat 26 and of a diaphragm 24 co-acting with said valve element 25 are formed with equal sizes. Due to the relatively small diaphragm size a small sized and cheap solenoid can be used for the actuation of valve element 25. The cross-section area of valve seat 26 is relatively big and prevents a delayed control response behavior of the capacity control apparatus.

Abstract: To provide an expansion valve which permits both the assembling cost and the cost of parts to be effectively reduced by a large margin and thus is highly economical. A high-pressure refrigerant pipe, a valve casing and a low-pressure refrigerant pipe are previously formed integrally with an evaporator. At the time of assembling, an expansion valve unit having a minimum function to serve as an expansion valve is inserted into the valve casing and fixed thereto by a clip, and a distal end portion of a temperature sensing cylinder is fixed to an outlet pipe of the evaporator, thereby constructing an expansion valve. No special joints are required to connect the expansion valve unit to the high-pressure and low-pressure refrigerant pipes, and therefore, the cost of parts can be cut down.

Abstract: In a refrigerating cycle with a by-pass line 5 detouring the condenser 2 in an auxiliary heating mode the amount of circulated refrigerant is controlled in accordance with load, etc. so that the heating can be suited to such conditions. A regulator 20 for controlling the outlet pressure of the evaporator to a fixed level allows to use an evaporator 4 having ordinary pressure resistance. An accumulator 6 for temporarily storing low-pressure refrigerant liquid is provided between the outlet of evaporator 4 and a compressor 1. In an auxiliary heating mode the amount of the circulated refrigerant passing the by-pass line 5 is controlled by the accumulator 6. Simultaneously the regulator is controlling the outlet pressure of the evaporator to an essentially fixed level.

Abstract: A supercooling degree control type expansion valve which is capable of preventing seizure of a compressor when the compressor is at a low load condition.

Abstract: A vacuum chamber-forming method for forming a vacuum chamber in a power element of a control valve for a variable capacity compressor through a reduced number of steps. A power element is assembled in the atmospheric air by arranging a disk, a diaphragm, a disk, a spring and an upper housing on a lower housing, caulking the periphery of the lower housing to the periphery of the upper housing, and then soldering the junction of the upper and lower housings. The assembled power element is placed in a vacuum container, and a small hole formed in the upper housing is subjected to spot welding in the vacuum atmosphere, whereby the small hole is sealed by a weld metal.

Abstract: In a silently operating pilot-operated flow regulating valve, a main valve element is not allowed to vibrate freely, e.g., in lateral direction in an opened state and cannot constitute a noise source because while the main valve element is brought into its open position, an urging force acts upon the main valve element so as to tilt it into vibration suppressing contact with the valve seat whereby vibration of the main valve element is restricted.

Abstract: To achieve a silent, noiseless operation supercooling degree-controlled expansion valve 10 wherein vibration of a valve element 14 induced by refrigerant flow changes is suppressed and a spring 18 presses valve element 14 in an oblique direction inclined with respect to an axial direction thereof against a surrounding member 12 to thereby restrict vibration of the valve element.

Abstract: A motor operated butterfly valve arrangement, at least one valve element of which is to be brought into a proper extreme position such that water leakage or the like does not occur within the pipe controlled by the valve element, without the necessity to improve dimensional or mounting accuracy of the components and without the need to lock the motor actuating the valve element. An elastically deformable elastic coupling member is provided in a coupling mechanism interconnecting the motor and the valve element. As soon as the valve element reaches the desired extreme position in contact with a stopper, the motor is rotated to deform the elastic coupling member and to improve the contact between the valve element and the stopper. The motor is stopped in the deformed state of the elastic coupling member.

Abstract: An expansion valve of a refrigerating cycle contains a compressor with variable capacity that hunts the flow of the refrigerant as soon as the expansion valve starts to open in a condition where the capacity of the compressor is varied. The variation of the cross-section of the passage of the refrigerant in the expansion over a selected amount of the moving stroke of a valve body of the expansion valve is less than the variation of the cross-section with another moving stroke amount of the valve body 53. The stroke section or stroke range with the reduced gradient of the variation of the cross-section extends between a position E in a fully closed state and a position F in a middle part of the opening stroke of the expansion.

Abstract: A solenoid controlled valve for controlling the displacement of a variable displacement compressor the moveable iron core and the valve driving rod actuating the valve responsible for the displacement of the compressor are provided between said valve and a pressure sensitive part which is actuated by the suction chamber pressure, so that with the solenoid de-energized the valve is kept open by the force of an operational spring while said differential pressure acting at said pressured sensitive part is hindered to act upon said valve. In a valve combinaton of a solenoid controlled valve and a valve for opening or closing a suction passage between a low-pressure refrigerant piping conduit and the suction chamber said valve is controlled directly by said solenoid controlled valve and by refrigerant pressure without a mechanical transmission mechanism.

Abstract: In an expansion valve the pressure vessel of which is constituted by a reduced number of parts and which does not require seal members a valve unit is surrounded by first and second half shells which in turn are surrounded by a pressure vessel formed as a one-piece body by molding resin by an insert molding process. Since the resin constituting the resin molded one-piece pressure vessel simultaneously form internal sealing member structures no additional seal members are required to be positioned and mounted. The first and second half shells are shaped such that the necessary refrigerant passages for the valve unit are defined in communication with connection holes of the pressure vessel.

Abstract: An expansion valve adapted to achieve a stable operation in case of variations of the pressure of a high-pressure refrigerant is actuated by a power element transmitting an opening force to a valve body via a rod located between the power element and the power body by applying couple forces to the rod and generating a retarding force for the rod while the rod is guided in the direction of its shaft line

Abstract: A vehicular refrigerating cycle with a by-pass line is provided, whereby even in an environment of extremely low temperature with the refrigerating cycle left at rest after being operated in cooling mode, refrigerant accumulated in a condenser can be driven out of the condenser to provide subsequent heating functions by an evaporator in a prescribed manner. A capacity control can be set such that the capacity of a compressor only is allowed to start to decrease from a maximum capacity when a compressor suction pressure ps has dropped to a value of 2 atmospheres (absolute pressure) or less in a state in which refrigerant flows through a condenser without passing through a bypass line.

Abstract: In a radiator assembly of a water cooled engine driven vehicle, heating is performed by a compartment heat exchanger. As long as the temperature of the cooling water is low, it does not suffice to sufficiently heat by compartment heat exchanger shortly after engine start and an auxiliary heating equipment is used. The auxiliary heating equipment includes a heat exchanger at the heating side, a heat exchanger at the endothermic side and a Peltier element. The Peltier element leads to high energy efficiency because it provides a quantity of heat which is more than the quantity of energy charged into the Peltier element, since it transfers Joule heat generated by the charge energy to the heat exchanger and further transfers a quantity of heat to heat exchanger as absorbed in a heat exchanger at the endothermic side from an endothermic surface of the Peltier element by a Peltier effect to the exothermic side.

Abstract: At the suction side of a variable displacement compressor a valve structure is provided which either responds to a relative differential pressure value or a relative pressure value or a relative temperature value of the refrigerant processed by the variable displacement compressor such that in case of small load and a minimum operation state of the compressor the suction side will be cut-off or in case of large load and simultaneous minimum operation state of the compressor will not be cut-off. The valve structure automatically decides and responds to parameter changes representing in case of the minimum operation state of the compressor a large load or a small load, in order to avoid freezing of the fins of the evaporator in case of small load and to improve the fuel efficiency of the engine driving the compressor in case of large load.