Abstract: Setting of the pressure sensing mechanism which controls an opening degree of the first valve body is changed by transmitting driving force of the driving force transmission member to the first valve body via the second valve body. According to this configuration, when the second valve body has been opened while conduction of electricity to the electromagnetic solenoid has been stopped, the refrigerant gas from the discharge chamber is supplied to the control pressure chamber via the passage, the valve chamber, the communication opening, the insertion hole, the first passage, the second passage, the housing chamber, the passage, the second pressure adjusting chamber, the communication hole, the first pressure adjusting chamber, the first shaft inner passage, and the second shaft inner passage.

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.

Abstract: The swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes a rotary shaft, a swash plate, a plurality of pistons, a first rotor, a second rotor, a solenoid and a cone clutch. The second rotor transmits the rotation of the first rotor to the swash plate. The solenoid produces electromagnetic force that acts on the first rotor or the second rotor so that the first rotor and the second rotor move toward each other. The cone clutch is engageable by energization of the solenoid. The cone clutch has a male cone portion and a female cone portion. The male cone portion has a conical surface provided on one of the first rotor and the second rotor. The female cone portion has a conical surface provided on the other. The conical surface of the female cone portion is connectable to and disconnectable from the conical surface of the male cone portion.

Abstract: A variable displacement swash plate compressor includes a control pressure chamber and a displacement control valve that controls the pressure of the control pressure chamber. The displacement control valve includes an electromagnetic solenoid, a driving force transmission member, a valve body, and a pressure sensing mechanism. An accommodation chamber accommodates the pressure sensing. A valve chamber accommodates the valve body having a valve opening degree determined by an urging force applied to the valve body through the driving force transmission member and by an urging force applied to the valve body by the expansion and contraction of the pressure sensing mechanism. The valve body and the pressure sensing mechanism form a valve unit. When the electromagnetic solenoid is deactivated, the pressure of the accommodation chamber acts on a back surface of the pressure sensing mechanism so that a force in the open direction is applied to the valve unit.

Abstract: In a swash plate type variable displacement compressor, a rear housing has a pressure regulation chamber into which a rear end of a drive shaft body, a projection of a second cylinder block, a second sliding bearing, and a rear end of a second support member project. In the compressor, when a drive shaft is rotated, heat is generated in the drive shaft body, the projection, the second sliding bearing, and the second support member to heat the refrigerant gas in the pressure regulation chamber. Accordingly, in the compressor, temperature of the refrigerant gas in the pressure regulation chamber is hard to drop. Therefore, the pressure of the refrigerant gas flowing from the pressure regulation chamber to the pressure control chamber is varied quickly and a movable body is preferably moved with the pressure in the pressure control chamber.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

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.

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.

Abstract: 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.

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.

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.

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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

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.

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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.