Patents by Inventor Kazunari Honda

Kazunari Honda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9228576
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinya Yamamoto, Takahiro Suzuki, Kazunari Honda, Kei Nishii, Yusuke Yamazaki, Masaki Ota
  • Patent number: 9228577
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinya Yamamoto, Takahiro Suzuki, Kazunari Honda, Kei Nishii, Yusuke Yamazaki, Masaki Ota
  • Publication number: 20150285234
    Abstract: A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes a housing in which a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber, and a cylinder bore are formed, a drive shaft, a swash plate, an actuator, and a control mechanism that controls the actuator. A pressure regulation chamber is formed in the housing. The actuator includes a control pressure chamber. The control mechanism includes a control passage that connects together the discharge chamber, the pressure regulation chamber, and the control pressure chamber, and a control valve that, by adjusting the degree of opening of the control passage, changes the pressure in the control pressure chamber to allow the movable body to move. Refrigerant in the discharge chamber flows into the control pressure chamber via the pressure regulation chamber. The pressure regulation chamber functions as a muffler that reduces the pulsation of the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakaima, Shinya Yamamoto, Takahiro Suzuki, Masaki Ota, Kazunari Honda, Kei Nishii, Yusuke Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20150275879
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash compressor includes a housing, a drive shaft, a swash plate, a link mechanism, a piston, a conversion mechanism, an actuator, and a control mechanism. The swash plate is rotatable together with the drive shaft in a swash plate chamber. The conversion mechanism reciprocates the piston in a cylinder bore. The actuator is operative to change the inclination angle of the swash plate. The actuator is rotatable integrally with the drive shaft. The actuator includes a partitioning body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. The control mechanism changes the pressure of the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. The movable body and the link mechanism are located at opposite sides of the swash plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Masaki OTA
  • Publication number: 20150275877
    Abstract: An actuator of a variable displacement swash compressor includes a partitioning body that is movable along the axis of a drive shaft, a movable body that changes the inclination angle of a swash plate, and a control pressure chamber defined by the partitioning body and the movable body. The movable body is moved by drawing refrigerant in the control pressure chamber from a discharge chamber. The swash plate is configured to contact and move the partitioning body as the inclination angle increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazunari HONDA, Takahiro SUZUKI, Hideharu YAMASHITA, Hiromichi OGAWA, Shohei FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20150275880
    Abstract: An actuator of a compressor includes a partitioning body, which is rotatable integrally with a drive shaft and loosely fitted to the drive shaft in the swash plate chamber, a movable body, which is coupled to a swash plate and movable relative to the partitioning body along the axis of the drive shaft, and a control pressure chamber, the pressure of which moves the movable body. A control mechanism changes the pressure of the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. A link mechanism shifts a top dead center of a first head of a piston over a longer distance than a top dead center of a second head of the piston when the inclination angle of the swash plate changes. The actuator is located at the same side as the first cylinder bore, which accommodates the first head, as viewed from the swash plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Masaki OTA
  • Publication number: 20150275878
    Abstract: A compressor includes a swash plate rotated with a drive shaft in a swash plate chamber, a link mechanism that changes an inclination angle of the swash plate, an actuator rotated integrally with the drive shaft, and an actuator control mechanism. The actuator includes a partitioning body fitted to the drive shaft in the swash plate chamber, a movable body that is coupled to the swash plate and moved relative to the partitioning body along the axis of the drive shaft, and a control pressure chamber, the pressure of which moves the movable body. The control mechanism changes the pressure of the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. The swash plate includes a fulcrum point, coupled to the link mechanism, and an action point, coupled to the movable body. The fulcrum point and the action point are located at opposite sides of the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Masaki OTA
  • Publication number: 20150275873
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash compressor includes a housing, a drive shaft, a swash plate, a link mechanism, a piston, a conversion mechanism, an actuator, and a control mechanism. The swash plate is rotatable together with the drive shaft in a swash plate chamber. The conversion mechanism reciprocates the piston in a cylinder bore. The actuator changes the inclination angle of the swash plate. The actuator is rotatable integrally with the drive shaft. The actuator includes a partitioning body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. The control mechanism changes the pressure of the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. The movable body is adapted to pull the swash plate and increase the inclination angle when the pressure of the control pressure chamber increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Masaki OTA
  • Publication number: 20150275876
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash compressor includes a housing, a drive shaft, a swash plate, a link mechanism, pistons, a conversion mechanism, an actuator, and a control mechanism. The housing includes a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber, and cylinder bores. The control mechanism controls the actuator. The actuator includes a partitioning body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. At least one of the suction chamber and the swash plate chamber is a low pressure chamber. The control mechanism includes a control passage, which connects the control pressure chamber, the low pressure chamber, and the discharge chamber, and a control valve, which adjusts the open degree of the control passage. The control passage is partially formed in the drive shaft. The movable body increases the inclination angle of the swash plate when the pressure of the control pressure chamber increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Masaki OTA
  • Publication number: 20150267691
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes a rotary shaft, a swash plate, and an actuator capable of changing the inclination angle of the swash plate. The actuator includes a movable body. The movable body includes a sliding portion that slides on the rotary shaft or the lug member and a movable body-side transmission portion that engages with the swash plate at a position radially outward of the rotational axis of the swash plate. The movable body-side transmission portion is configured such that a perpendicular line or a normal to the movable body-side transmission portion and the rotational axis of the rotary shaft intersect with each other in a zone surrounded by the sliding portion when viewed in a direction that is perpendicular to a direction in which the rotational axis of the rotary shaft extends and perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takahiro SUZUKI, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki NAKAIMA, Kazunari HONDA, Kengo SAKAKIBARA, Yusuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150252798
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes a rotary shaft, a swash plate, and an actuator. The actuator includes a partition body, a movable body, and a coupling member located radially outward of the rotary shaft of the swash plate. The movable body has a guide surface for changing the inclination angle of the swash plate and a sliding portion that slides on the rotary shaft or the partition body. When viewed in a direction that is perpendicular to a direction in which the rotational axis of the rotary shaft extends and perpendicular to a first direction, the guide surface has a curved shape that is configured such that a normal of the guide surface and the rotational axis of the rotary shaft intersect in a zone surrounded by the sliding portion in the entire range of change in the inclination angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takahiro SUZUKI, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Hideharu YAMASHITA, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII
  • Publication number: 20150211502
    Abstract: An inclination angle of a swash plate of a swash plate type variable displacement compressor is rapidly changed to the maximum when electric current is supplied to an electromagnetic solenoid and therefore the compressor is operated at the maximum displacement. When a second valve body is opened, a first valve body is closed; when the second valve body is closed, a valve opening of the first valve body is controlled. Under the circumstance that electric current is supplied to the electromagnetic solenoid and an instruction for operating the compressor at the maximum displacement is issued, when the first valve body is closed, the second valve body is opened. In addition to supply of refrigerant gas from a discharge chamber to a control pressure chamber through a first supply passage, refrigerant gas is supplied from the discharge chamber to the control pressure chamber through a second supply passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masaki OTA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kazunari HONDA, Hideharu YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20150167655
    Abstract: In the compressor of the present invention, first and second recessed strip portions are recessed in a second supporting member. First and second annular members are respectively provided in the first and second recessed strip portions. The first and second annular members respectively include joint gap formed by first to third cutouts. The third cutouts function as aperture in the first and second annular members. The first and second annular members respectively move in the first and second recessed strip portions according to a pressure difference between a pressure regulation chamber and a swash plate chamber. Consequently, the compressor adjusts a flow rate of a refrigerant circulating from the pressure regulation chamber to the swash plate chamber and adjusts a supply amount of lubricant supplied to a second sliding bearing and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII
  • Publication number: 20150132156
    Abstract: A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes, a housing, a swash plate disposed in the housing and having therethrough an insertion hole, a rotary shaft inserted through the insertion hole of the swash plate, a plurality of pistons engaged with the swash plate, and a connecting member disposed between the rotary shaft and the swash plate and connecting the rotary shaft and the swash plate so as to change inclination angle of the swash plate relative to the rotary shaft. A pair of projections are provided in the insertion hole so as to extend toward the rotary shaft and restrict the movement of the swash plate relative to the rotary shaft. The paired projections are spaced away from each other so as not to be in contact with the rotary shaft simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazunari HONDA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Hiromichi OGAWA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150023810
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Masaki OTA, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140377088
    Abstract: A variable displacement swash plate type compressor having high controllability and capable of exhibiting high mounting performance and securing sufficient compression capacity is provided. The compressor of the present invention comprises a first cylinder block 21 and a second cylinder block 23, and an actuator 13. The actuator 13 includes a movable body 13a, a fixed body 13b, and a control pressure chamber 13c. A first cylinder bore 21a and a first storage chamber 21c are formed in the first cylinder block 21. A second cylinder bore 23a and a second storage chamber 23c are formed in the second cylinder block 23. The first cylinder bore 21a is formed to have a diameter smaller than the diameter of the second cylinder bore 23a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140369862
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Masaki OTA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Kazunari HONDA
  • Publication number: 20140294613
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takahiro SUZUKI, Masaki OTA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140294611
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takahiro SUZUKI, Masaki OTA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140294616
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masaki OTA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI