Abstract: A compressor has a suction chamber and a discharge chamber, and compresses refrigerant gas. The compressor includes a cover housing having an inner wall surface. The inner wall surface defines at least one of the suction chamber and the discharge chamber. A heat insulating member covers the inner wall surface. A flow restraining member restrains refrigerant gas from flowing between the heat insulating member and the inner wall surface. Hence, the adiabatic efficiency increases in at least one of the suction chamber and the discharge chamber within the compressor.

Abstract: A heat-insulating mechanism in a compressor which introduces refrigerant gas from a suction pressure region to a compression chamber and discharges the refrigerant gas from the compression chamber to a discharge pressure region has a circular passage, a communication passage, a cylindrical member and a passage heat-insulating member. The circular passage, which is a portion of the suction pressure region, has a circular cross-section, and is in communication with an external refrigerant circuit. The communication passage, which is a portion of the suction pressure region, intersects the circular passage for connection therewith, and is communicable with the compression chamber. The cylindrical member is fitted into the circular passage. The passage heat-insulating member made of an insulating material covers at least a portion of a passage wall surface which forms the communication passage.

Abstract: A power transmission mechanism for transmitting driving power between a shaft and a rotor connected to the shaft includes a cylindrical adapter located between the shaft and the rotor and a screw seat arranged on the shaft. The adapter has a first internally threaded portion in its inner peripheral surface and a first externally threaded portion in its outer peripheral surface. The first internally threaded portion is engaged with a second externally threaded portion of the shaft, and the first externally threaded portion is engaged with a second internally threaded portion of the rotor. The screw seat has a screw seat surface. The adapter is screwed onto the shaft such that the adapter is pressed against the screw seat surface, and the rotor is screwed onto the adapter such that the rotor is pressed against the screw seat surface.

Abstract: A displacement control mechanism used in a variable displacement compressor for controlling a displacement of the compressor includes a first control valve located on a supply passage and a second control valve located on a first bleed passage. The second control valve includes a backpressure chamber having substantially the same pressure atmosphere as a region of the supply passage downstream of the first control valve and a spool including a back surface that is located in the backpressure chamber. The spool reduces an opening degree of the first bleed passage when a pressure in the backpressure chamber is increased. The spool blocks a communication between the backpressure chamber and the first bleed passage via a clearance formed around a cylindrical outer peripheral surface of the spool in the second control valve when the spool sets the first bleed passage at a minimum opening degree.

Abstract: A refrigeration suction mechanism used in a piston type compressor. The compressor comprises a rotary shaft, a plurality of pistons, a compression chamber and a rotary valve. The pistons are arranged in a circumference of the rotary shaft to reciprocate in conjunction with a rotating motion of the rotary shaft through a cam member. An end surface of one of said pistons reciprocates in the compression chamber. The rotary valve includes an introducing passage which allows refrigerant to flow into the compression mechanism through an end opened on an outer surface of the rotary valve. The refrigeration suction mechanism comprises a suction passage and a reactive force transmitting mechanism. The suction passage communicates with the cylinder bore and intermittently communicates with the end of the introducing passage in conjunction with a rotating motion of the rotary valve.

Abstract: A displacement control mechanism controls displacement of a variable displacement type compressor that forms a refrigerant circulation circuit for an air conditioning apparatus. The displacement is decreased as a pressure in a crank chamber rises while being increased as the pressure in the crank chamber falls. The displacement control mechanism includes a bleed passage, a supply passage, a first control valve and a second control valve. The second control valve includes a back pressure chamber, a valve chamber, a valve body, a spring and a second valve portion. The second valve portion is provided with the back surface of the valve body. The second valve portion closes an opening of an introduction passage in the back pressure chamber when the first valve portion maximizes the opening of the bleed passage.

Abstract: A torque receiving member is fixed to a rotary shaft of a compressor. A pulley, which is rotated by an external drive source, is rotatably supported by a housing of the compressor. The pulley is substantially coaxial with the torque receiving member. A rubber damper is located between the pulley and the torque receiving member. The rubber damper absorbs rotational vibration transmitted from the torque receiving member to the pulley. The pulley has a dynamic damper. The dynamic damper includes rollers, which swing like pendulums to reduce rotational vibration of the pulley. Stress produced due to displacement between the axis of the pulley and the torque receiving member is reduced by the rubber damper.

Abstract: As a swash plate of a variable displacement compressor slides along a drive shaft, while being inclined, the displacement of the compressor is changed. A step is formed on the drive shaft between the swash plate and a cylinder block. The step has a seat surface, which functions as a spring seat. The seat surface faces the swash plate. A return spring is located between the spring seat and the swash plate to urge the swash plate in a direction increasing the inclination angle. The step is directly formed on the drive shaft. Therefore, the number of components and the number of steps required for manufacturing the compressor are reduced.

Abstract: A rotary valve operationally connected to a rotary shaft is housed so as to be slidably rotatable in an accommodation hole formed in a cylinder block. A suction valve mechanism functions so as to introduce refrigerant gas in a suction chamber into a compression chamber. A gas suction passage leading from the suction chamber to the compression chamber can be opened and closed in synchronism with rotation of the rotary shaft. In an outer circumferential surface of the rotary valve is formed a groove constituting a part of a gas vent passage for introducing the refrigerant gas in a crank chamber into the compression chamber.

Abstract: A piston type compressor has introducing passages, each extending from one of compression chambers, and a cylindrical rotary valve located between a suction pressure zone and the introducing passages. An opening of each of the introducing passages has an advanced area a part of that is inclined relative to an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the rotary valve. The rotary valve has a residual gas bypass passage. The residual gas bypass passage connects a high pressure introducing passage through the introducing passages, which communicates with the high pressure compression chamber after the discharge stroke ends, to a low pressure introducing passage, which communicates with the low pressure compression chamber.

Abstract: A control valve controls the displacement of a variable displacement compressor. The control valve includes a first valve body for adjusting the pressure in a crank chamber, a pressure sensing member, which is displaced in accordance with the pressure difference between two pressure points located in a refrigerant circuit to move the first valve body, an electromagnetic actuator for urging the pressure sensing member, and a second valve body, which is operably coupled to the pressure sensing member. The second valve body adjusts the opening degree of a discharge passage of the refrigerant circuit in accordance with the displacement of the pressure sensing member. Therefore, compared to a case where the first and second valve bodies are independently arranged in the compressor, the number of parts are reduced, which reduces the manufacturing cost.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circulation circuit. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus has a variable displacement type compressor, a first pressure monitoring point, a second pressure monitoring point and an oil separator in the refrigerant circulation circuit. Also, the vehicle air conditioning apparatus has a control valve in the compressor. The compressor compresses refrigerant gas. Displacement of the compressor is variable. The refrigerant gas includes oil. The second pressure monitoring point is located more downstream than the first pressure monitoring point. The control valve controls the displacement based on differential pressure between the first and second pressure monitoring points. The oil separator is located between the first and second pressure monitoring points in order to separate the oil from the compressed refrigerant gas, thereby the oil separator serves as means for manifesting the differential pressure.

Abstract: A control valve has a valve body for opening and closing a valve hole and a solenoid mechanism for urging the valve body by energizing a solenoid. The solenoid mechanism includes a yoke, a plunger housing, a fixed core and a plunger. The yoke accommodates the solenoid and forms a magnetic path. The plunger housing made of stainless steel connects with the yoke, and has a central axis. The fixed core connects with the yoke. The plunger is accommodated in the plunger housing and connects with the valve body. The plunger is attracted to the fixed core to move in the direction of the central axis by applying electromagnetic force from the solenoid. Black oxide treatment is performed to the yoke after the plunger housing is brazed to the yoke.

Abstract: A first bleed passage and a second bleed passage each connect a crank chamber of a compressor with a suction chamber of the compressor. A first supply passage and a second supply passage each connect the crank chamber with a discharge chamber of the compressor. A first control valve adjusts the opening size of the first supply passage in response to the pressure in the suction chamber. A second control valve includes a ball valve and an electromagnetic actuator. The ball valve adjusts the opening size of the second supply passage and the opening size of the first bleed passage. The electromagnetic actuator moves the ball valve. The ball valve is moved to a first position and to a second position. At the first position, the ball valve closes the second supply passage and opens the first bleed passage. At the second position, the ball valve opens the second supply passage and closes the first bleed passage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rotating apparatus. The rotating apparatus includes a rotor and a motor generator. The rotor includes a belt holder on its outer circumferential surface. The belt holder transmits power between an engine and the rotor. The motor generator is accommodated in and operably connected to the rotor. The motor generator selectively functions as at least one of a motor and a generator. The motor generator is arranged inside the belt holder such that the motor generator is surrounded by the belt holder.

Abstract: A compressor has a pulley for transmitting torque from an external drive source to a rotary shaft to drive a compression mechanism. The pulley has a pulley body. The compressor has a mass body located in a range that is radially inward of the outer circumference of the pulley. The mass body swings about an axis that is spaced from the rotation axis of the pulley body by a predetermined distance and is substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the pulley body.

Abstract: A compressor includes a compressor main body and a power transmission mechanism. The power transmission mechanism includes a pulley and a hub. The pulley has a first inner cylinder and a second inner cylinder, which are apart from each other in the axial direction of the pulley. A one-way clutch is located on a power transmission path between the first inner cylinder and the hub. A bearing is located between the first inner cylinder and the hub. A bearing is located between the second inner cylinder and a housing of the compressor main body. A power transmission pin for discontinuing an excessive power transmission is located on a power transmission path between an engine of a vehicle and a drive shaft.

Abstract: A one-way clutch unit has a one-way clutch having rollers serving as engaging members and a retainer for retaining the rollers and a ball bearing axially adjacent to the one-way clutch and having balls and a retainer for retaining the balls. And in order to reduce the number of component parts and the axial length of the unit, the one-way clutch unit has a one-piece outer ring having a first outer ring part for the one-way clutch and a second outer ring part for the ball bearing, which parts are integral with each other. The one-way clutch unit also has a one-piece inner ring having a first inner ring part for the one-way clutch and a second inner ring part for the ball bearing, which parts are integral with each other.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle that is driven by a vehicular power source. The system has a compressor selectively operable by the vehicular power source and an electric motor. The electric motor is used as a drive force of the compressor when the vehicular power source is in a non-operative state. The compressor compresses refrigerant gas introduced into a suction chamber from an external refrigerant circuit. A displacement of the compressor is variable, based on a differential pressure. The compressor has a control valve that is disposed on a refrigerant passage communicating with the crank chamber. The control valve has a valve plunger for changing an opening size of the control valve to adjust pressure in the crank chamber. The air conditioning system comprises pressure sensing member, actuator, and controller. The pressure sensing member is disposed in the control valve and applies biasing force to the plunger based on pressure in the external circuit.

Abstract: A mechanical rotational device includes a housing. An end portion of a rotary shaft protrudes from a front wall of the housing. An electric rotational device is coaxial with the rotary shaft and is coupled to the end portion of the rotary shaft. The electric rotational device functions as at least one of a motor and a generator. A rotational member is coupled to the rotary shaft and has a power transmitting mechanism for transmitting power between the rotational unit and an external device. A one-way clutch is located in the power transmitting path between the rotary shaft and rotational member. The one-way clutch is located inward of the rotational member. The electric rotational device is located on or forward of the housing. At least part of the electric rotational device is located outward of the power transmitting mechanism.