With Sump Pressure Actuation Patents (Class 417/222.2)
  • Publication number: 20140099214
    Abstract: In a capacity control valve, a discharged-fluid-receiving part having a diameter that is larger than the diameter of a valve hole interconnecting a first valve chamber and a third valve chamber is provided to the outer periphery section of a third valve part. It is thereby possible to obtain a capacity control valve in which, when the first valve part opens, the discharged-fluid-receiving part receives the pressure of the discharged fluid, the actuation response of the valve body during an opening action is moderated, an excessive increase in the sensitivity to a rise in pressure in the crank chamber caused by a rapid increase in the amount of coolant flowing into the crank chamber is prevented, and the action of the valve body is stable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Fukudome, Hideki Higashidouzono, Masayuki Futakuchi
  • Patent number: 8671976
    Abstract: An exhaust check valve installed in an exhaust opening of a swash plate compressor comprises: a valve body having a refrigerant inlet and at least one refrigerant outlet; a movable body installed in the valve body and configured to move such that the refrigerant inlet and the refrigerant outlet communicate with each other; and a spring configured to push the movable body with a certain pressure. At least one refrigerant vent hole for venting a leak gas generated during an operation below a preset pressure difference to the outside of the valve body is formed in the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignees: Doowon Technical College, Doowon Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Seok Park, Ki Beom Kim, Geon Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8651826
    Abstract: A capacity control valve capable of enhancing the function of discharging liquid refrigerant in a control chamber during startup of a variable capacity compressor, and improving the control speed of a swash plate during control is provided. The valve has an adapter that has an annular bearing surface and is provided to a free end of a pressure-sensitive body in the elongation and constriction direction, and a valve body for discharging liquid refrigerant, moveably provided inside the adapter. A slit is provided to an engaging part of the adapter with a third valve part, and an introduction hole for causing the control chamber pressure to act on a bottom surface of the valve body for discharging the liquid refrigerant is provided to the base part side, and an urging force is provided whereby the valve body for discharging the liquid refrigerant is urged in a valve-opening direction away from the third valve part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Futakuchi, Ryosuke Cho, Kohei Fukudome
  • Patent number: 8647077
    Abstract: A cooling fan having motor and an impeller. The cooling fan may comprise a three-phase DC motor. The impeller may comprise a hub to house the three-phase DC motor and a plurality of blades extending from the hub. Each blade may have a height that is at least 25 % of the impeller diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Wade D. Vinson, John P. Franz, Yousef Jarrah
  • Patent number: 8596994
    Abstract: A compressor includes a compressing mechanism, a discharge chamber, a housing accommodating the compressing mechanism and the discharge chamber, a discharge port communicating with the discharge chamber through a discharge passage and also with an external refrigerant circuit, a muffler formed by an expanded space disposed on the discharge passage, and a check valve disposed on the discharge passage. The pressure loss caused by the discharge passage is less than that in the known compressor. The check valve is disposed in the muffler to open and close an inlet of the muffler, and the muffler is formed by the housing and a cover independent of and connected to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sanden Corporation
    Inventor: Yukihiko Taguchi
  • Patent number: 8506261
    Abstract: A displacement control system (B) for a variable displacement compressor has an electromagnetic clutch (200), a displacement control valve (300) including a valve body (306) that is applied with pressure of a suction pressure region of a variable displacement compressor (100) and an electromagnetic force of a solenoid unit in an opposite direction to the pressure of a discharge pressure region, and biasing means that biases the valve body (306) in the same direction as the electromagnetic force, and means (453, 454, 405) for adjusting current, which adjusts current supplied to a displacement control valve coil (316) according to external information detected by external-information detecting means (403, 451, 452).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Sanden Corporation
    Inventor: Yukihiko Taguchi
  • Patent number: 8500415
    Abstract: A displacement control valve for a variable displacement compressor includes a valve element. The valve element has a discharge pressure receiving surface which receives pressure in a discharge chamber and a suction pressure receiving surface which receives pressure in a suction pressure section acting in a direction opposite to the direction that the pressure in the discharge chamber acts on the discharge pressure receiving surface. The displacement control valve also includes a solenoid generating generates an electromagnetic force acting on the valve element, and a urging means urging on urges the valve element in a valve closing direction to hold the valve element in a valve closing position when the generated electromagnetic force generated by the solenoid is not acting on the valve element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Sanden Corporation
    Inventor: Yukihiko Taguchi
  • Patent number: 8449266
    Abstract: A control valve for a variable displacement compressor, in which the discharge pressure of the compressor introduced into a pressure sensing section applies urging force to a movement member, and a solenoid section applies, in cooperation with the urging force, urging force to the movement member depending on an input signal. The degree of opening of a valve body provided at the movement member is set according to the position of the movement member to regulate the rate of air flow in a communication path for interconnecting a discharge pressure region of the compressor and a compressor inner chamber. The suction pressure of the compressor is introduced into a control valve to apply urging force to the movement member, and communication between fluid having the discharge pressure introduced into the pressure sensing section and fluid having the suction pressure introduced into the control valve is shut off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Higashidozono, Norio Uemura, Kohei Fukudome
  • Patent number: 8439652
    Abstract: A suction throttle valve of a variable displacement compressor having a compressor housing includes a suction chamber, a crank chamber, an inlet, a suction passage, a valve body, a valve housing, an urging member, a valve chamber, and a communication hole. The valve body is provided for adjusting an opening area of the suction passage and movably arranged in the suction passage. The urging member urges the valve body in the direction that decreases the opening area of the suction passage. The communication hole is provided for connecting the suction chamber to the valve housing. An opening area of the communication hole is variable in accordance with the movement of the valve body. Accordingly, the opening area of the communication hole becomes maximum during the maximum displacement operation of the compressor and becomes reduced during the intermediate displacement operation of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Shiro Hayashi, Taro Ozeki, Mitsunori Yoshida, Toshiyuki Miyano, Sokichi Hibino
  • Patent number: 8366407
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a device for reducing pulsation in a variable displacement compressor. The compressor is connected to an external refrigerant circuit. The device for reducing pulsation includes a flow passage and a control valve. The control valve includes a valve housing, a spool valve and a damper chamber. The spool valve has formed therethrough a flow hole. The damper chamber communicates with the flow passage adjacent to the external refrigerant circuit through the flow hole. Effective cross-sectional area and effective length of the flow hole are determined based on frequency of a specific pulsation of the refrigerant gas and volume of the damper chamber at the time of the development of the specific pulsation in such a manner that the specific pulsation is developed, resonance effect of a Helmholtz resonator takes place in the damper chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Shiro Hayashi, Hideki Mizutani, Sokichi Hibino, Suehiro Fukazawa, Taro Ozeki, Miyako Asagoe
  • Patent number: 8360742
    Abstract: A swash plate compressor capable of realizing an excellent sliding characteristic when a drive shaft is rotated at high speed, and a high refrigerating capacity when the drive shaft is rotated at low speed, has a release passage for communication between a crank chamber and a suction chamber. The release passage includes a first passage communicated to an oil rich region, in the crank chamber, and a second passage communicated to an oil poor region, in which lubricating oil is small in quantity, in the crank chamber. A valve mechanism that increases an opening ratio of the first passage with respect to the release passage, as a rotational speed of a drive shaft increases, and increases an opening ratio of the second passage with respect to the release passage, as the rotational speed of the drive shaft decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Yoshio Kimoto, Masaki Ota, Nobuaki Hoshino, Masahiro Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 8353681
    Abstract: A compressor, such as an air-conditioning compressor for motor vehicles, particularly with a drive which has an adjustable swept volume, for the intake and compression of a refrigerant and a lubricant separator, which separates lubricant from the refrigerant, in particular, in the discharge pressure region of the compressor. The lubricant is introduced to the drive by a partial flow branching off from the high pressure refrigerant flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Luk Fahrzeug-Hydraulik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jan Hinrichs, Thomas Di Vito
  • Patent number: 8353680
    Abstract: A stroke-adjustable air conditioning compressor, in particular for motor vehicles, including a drive mechanism for pistons that move back and forth, the pistons being driven by an adjusting plate, such as a pivoting plate, pivoting ring or swash plate at an adjustable pivoting angle. The position of the pivoting angle is influenced inter alia by compressive forces, inertial forces and elastic forces that are active in the drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: ixetic MAC GmbH
    Inventors: Tilo Schaefer, Thomas Di Vito
  • Patent number: 8347918
    Abstract: A solenoid valve apparatus includes a solenoid valve and a switching device that switches between a first state in which the working fluid in the pump chamber is discharged when the solenoid valve functions as a regulator valve and a second state in which discharge of the working fluid from the pump chamber is prohibited when the solenoid valve functions as the electromagnetic pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shimizu, Kazuhiko Kato, Noriomi Fujii, Kazunori Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8292596
    Abstract: A variable displacement type compressor in which a discharge-pressure region, a suction-pressure region and a pressure control chamber are defined, has a tiltable swash plate and a piston reciprocated by the swash plate in the pressure control chamber. The inclination angle of the swash plate and the piston stroke are changed by adjustment of pressure in the pressure control chamber thereby to control the displacement of the compressor. The compressor further comprises a supply passage for supplying refrigerant gas from the discharge-pressure region to the pressure control chamber, a release passage for releasing the refrigerant gas from the pressure control chamber to the suction-pressure region, a first control valve for adjusting a cross-sectional area of the supply passage from the discharge-pressure region to the pressure control chamber and a second control valve for adjusting cross-sectional area of the release passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Masaki Ota, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Hideharu Yamashita, Hiroshi Kubo, Ryo Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20120251343
    Abstract: [Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to provide a control valve that accommodates a pressure sensitive unit in a solenoid unit and is of simple structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Sanden Corporation
    Inventor: Yukihiko Taguchi
  • Patent number: 8251673
    Abstract: A displacement control valve of a variable displacement compressor opens and closes a communication passage extending between a portion of the compressor on which discharge pressure acts and a crank chamber of the compressor. The displacement of the compressor is controlled, such that discharge chamber pressure does not act on the valve body in the opening and closing direction, and pressures acting on the opposite ends of the valve body are maintained at the same level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sanden Corporation
    Inventor: Yukihiko Taguchi
  • Patent number: 8215924
    Abstract: Provided is an oil separating structure of a variable displacement compressor including: a cylinder block having a plurality of cylinder bores; a front housing disposed in the front of the cylinder block to form a swash plate chamber; a drive shaft rotatably supported at the cylinder block; a lug plate disposed in the swash plate chamber of the front housing and fixedly installed at the drive shaft; a rear housing disposed in the rear of the cylinder block and having a discharge chamber and a suction chamber communicating with the cylinder bores; a swash plate installed to be rotated by the lug plate to vary its inclination angle; pistons connected to the swash plate and reciprocating in the cylinder bores; a suction path for communicating the swash plate chamber and the discharge chamber; an additional exhaust path for communicating the swash plate chamber and the suction chamber; and a control valve installed in the middle of the suction path, characterized in that the drive shaft has a communication apertu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignees: Doowon Technical College, Doowon Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geon-Ho Lee, Tae-jin Lee, Young-Chang Han, Min-jun Kim
  • Patent number: 8182239
    Abstract: A control valve includes a diaphragm assembly imparting a biasing force to a moving member according to the pressure introduced into the pressure-sensitive part. The moving member is moved by the biasing force to control the valve opening. The control valve further includes a solenoid part which imparts the thrust of the diaphragm assembly produced according to the pressure introduced into the pressure-sensitive part to the moving member through a diaphragm holding body as a biasing force, and imparts a biasing force capable of controlling the valve opening in cooperation with the afore-said biasing force to the moving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Higashidozono, Norio Uemura, Kohei Fukudome
  • Patent number: 8172552
    Abstract: A variable displacement compressor that draws refrigerant from a suction pressure zone and discharges the refrigerant to a discharge pressure zone, and controls displacement according to a pressure in a control pressure chamber. The compressor has a cam body, pistons, a supply passage, a release passage, and an on-off valve. The inclination angle of the cam body is changeable based on the pressure in the control pressure chamber. A piston reciprocates in each cylinder bore as the cam body rotates. The supply passage supplies the refrigerant in the discharge pressure zone to the control pressure chamber. The release passage releases the refrigerant in the control pressure chamber to the suction pressure zone. The on-off valve selectively opens and closes the release passage in response to changes of the temperature. The on-off valve shuts off the release passage when the temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Tetsuhiko Fukanuma, Hiroaki Kayukawa
  • Patent number: 8152482
    Abstract: A displacement control valve for a variable displacement compressor. The displacement control valve includes a drive force transmission body, a pressure sensitive chamber, an internal passage, and a valve body. The valve body includes an annular seal which is contactable with a valve seat surface facing toward the first valve body. The drive force transmission body includes a drive rod and a valve body structure having a shaft passage and forming the first valve body. The drive rod is fitted to the shaft passage and coupled to the valve body structure so as to form a gap passage between an outer surface of the drive rod and a wall surface of the shaft passage. The internal passage includes a recess arranged radially inward from the annular seal, the shaft passage, and the gap passage. The gap passage is in direct communication with the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Umemura, Tatsuya Hirose, Yuji Hashimoto, Norio Uemura, Ryosuke Cho, Keigo Shirafuji
  • Patent number: 8147214
    Abstract: Provided is a compressor having an enhanced capability of supplying oil to a thrust bearing and a radial bearing which are interposed between a center through-hole in a cylinder block and a driving shaft. To this end, the compressor 1 has an air bleed passage 31 which is configured to allow crank chamber 5 and intake chamber 7 to communicate with each other, including: a first space S1 in the center through-hole 14; a communicating part 41 for allowing the first space S1 and a second space S2 to communicate with each other; the second space S2 in the center through-hole 14; a penetrating passage 43 formed to pass through the driving shaft 10, thereby allowing the second space S2 and a third space S3 to communicate with each other; the third space S3; and a communicating passage 45 for allowing the third space S3 and an intake chamber 7 to communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventor: Ryuichi Hirose
  • Patent number: 8079827
    Abstract: A displacement control valve for an air conditioner modulating a fluid flow or fluid pressure within a control chamber by controlling the opening degree of a valve portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Iwa, Ryosuke Cho, Ichiro Hirata, Matthew R. Warren, Ernest Jose Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 8038415
    Abstract: Provided is a variable capacity swash plate type compressor. The variable capacity swash plate type compressor includes: a cylinder block; a front housing; a rear housing; a valve; a driving shaft; a rotor; a swash; an elastic; and a plurality of pistons, wherein at least one step portion perforating the rotor and the driving shaft, communicating the crank chamber and the refrigerant communication passage, and protruding toward its inner face so that a cross-section of the at least one step portion is reduced in a direction of the refrigerant communication passage from the crank chamber toward an inner face of the step portion, is provided, and at least one oil separation passage in which oil is centrifugally separated from a refrigerant gas flowing inside the driving shaft as the driving shaft rotates is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Halla Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Tae Young Park, Hew Nam Ahn, Young Seop Yoon
  • Patent number: 8021124
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes a valve body having a first valve portion for opening/closing a discharge-side path and a second valve portion for opening/closing a suction-side path, a pressure sensitive body arranged in a third valve chamber in the middle of the suction-side path, a valve seat body provided at the pressure sensitive body, and a third valve portion connected to the valve body for opening/closing the suction-side path by engagement and disengagement with the valve seat body. One of an engagement face of the third valve portion and a seat face of the valve seat body is formed into a spherical shape with a radius of curvature R satisfying 9 mm<R<11 mm and the other of the engagement face of the third valve portion and the seat face of the valve seat body is formed into a tapered surface shape having a center angle ? satisfying 120°<?<160°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignees: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Satoshi Umemura, Masaki Ota, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Ryosuke Cho, Keigo Shirafuji, Toshiaki Iwa
  • Patent number: 7972119
    Abstract: A variable displacement compressor includes a housing, a rotary shaft, a swash plate, a suction pressure region, a suction throttle valve, an oil reservoir, a lubricating oil passage, a gas flow passage, a communication passage, and a throttle mechanism. The suction-pressure region includes a suction chamber and a suction passage. The suction throttle valve is arranged in the suction passage and defines an upstream suction-pressure region and a downstream suction-pressure region. The lubricating oil passage connects the oil reservoir to the upstream suction-pressure region. The gas flow passage connects the crank chamber to the suction chamber. The communication passage connects the lubricating oil passage to at least one of the downstream suction-pressure region, the gas flow passage and the crank chamber. The throttle mechanism is provided in the lubricating oil passage between the oil reservoir and a position where the communication passage connects to the lubricating oil passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Taro Ozeki, Yoshinori Inoue, Suehiro Fukazawa, Masaya Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 7971442
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a vehicle air-conditioner, which can prevent undershoot of an evaporator by performing a maximum capacity control or controlling an discharge capacity of a compressor through the outputting of an discharge capacity control value of the compressor directly before the stop of the air conditioner, and can improve the pleasant feelings of the passengers by preventing delay of response, which converges into the target temperature of the evaporator due to the delay of the decrease of the temperature of the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Halla Climate Control Corporation
    Inventors: Jeonghoon Lee, Saewon Oh
  • Patent number: 7958908
    Abstract: A capacity control valve, comprising a first valve chamber formed in a valve body, a first fluid passage communicating with the first valve chamber to flow a fluid with a discharge pressure therein, a valve seat formed around a valve port between the first valve chamber and the first fluid passage, a second fluid passage communicating with the first valve chamber to flow the fluid with the discharge pressure therefrom, a second valve chamber communicating with the first valve chamber through a guide hole, a third fluid passage communicating with the second valve chamber to flow the fluid with a suction pressure therein and therefrom, a valve element disposed in the first valve chamber and having a valve part separated from and brought into contact with the valve seat to flow the fluid with the discharge pressure therein and a stem part movably fitted to the guide hole, and a solenoid having a solenoid rod connected to the connection face of the valve element and moving the solenoid rod with a current, A disch
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Cho, Toshiaki Iwa, Norio Uemura
  • Patent number: 7918656
    Abstract: A suction throttle valve of a compressor has a compressor housing having a suction chamber and a crank chamber. The suction throttle valve includes a suction passage formed in the housing, a suction port provided at an inlet of the suction passage, a valve body movably arranged in the suction passage for adjusting opening of the suction passage, an urging member for urging the valve body toward the suction port, and a valve chamber provided in the suction passage. Refrigerant is drawn into the suction passage through the suction port and then received in the suction chamber. A first communication hole is formed through the housing, through which the valve chamber and the suction chamber are in constant communication with each other. A second communication hole is formed through the housing, through which the valve chamber and the crank chamber are in constant communication with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Sokichi Hibino, Shiro Hayashi, Masaki Ota, Masahiro Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 7874813
    Abstract: A variable displacement compressor comprising a first control means for detecting the suction pressure of fluid or the crank chamber pressure and controlling the suction pressure to a target control value, and a second control means including means for detecting high-pressure side pressure to control the displacement of the compressor so as to relax an increase in the high-pressure side pressure when it is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold and increasing the control value of the suction pressure depending on the increase in the high-pressure side pressure in a region exceeding the threshold. The control system is simple, the control valve is inexpensive and simple and capable of stabilized operation, and the variable displacement compressor has the internal control means suitable for refrigeration cycle operating in a supercritical region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Sanden Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Terauchi
  • Patent number: 7857601
    Abstract: A variable displacement compressor comprising a displacement control valve disposed somewhere in a discharge pressure supply passageway capable of communicating with a crank chamber from a discharge chamber, and a fixed orifice disposed somewhere in a pressure relief passageway communicating with a suction chamber from the crank chamber, the displacement control valve being controlled in opening/closing operation to adjust a pressure in the crank chamber to control a piston stroke, wherein a part of the discharge pressure supply passageway and a part of the pressure relief passageway are formed as a common passageway communicating with a crank chamber end. Variable displacement control at a high reliability is possible with no foreign matter accumulation in the displacement control passageway, and the processing of a cylinder block is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Sanden Corporation
    Inventor: Yukihiko Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7841839
    Abstract: A variable displacement compressor includes a housing assembly. A displacement control structure for the variable displacement compressor includes a passage forming member, a flat partition and a displacement control valve. The passage forming member is connected to an exterior surface of the housing assembly for forming a refrigerant passage for allowing the refrigerant to be discharged out from the compressor to an external refrigerant circuit. The flat partition is interposed between the passage forming member and the housing assembly. A throttle penetrates through the partition, which divides the refrigerant passage into an upstream passage and a downstream passage. The displacement control valve is provided in the passage forming member. The displacement control valve senses pressure of refrigerant in the upstream passage and pressure of the refrigerant in the downstream passage to control flow rate of the refrigerant flowing through a supply passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Yoshinori Inoue, Atsuhiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Nakaima
  • Patent number: 7806666
    Abstract: A displacement control valve (32) is connected to a variable displacement compressor. An open passage (53) in which a refrigerant gas flows is formed within a rod (31) and a valve body (30) of the displacement control valve (32). Further, an inner circumferential surface of a valve chamber (36) is formed as a guide portion (40) for moving the valve body (30) along an axis (L1) of the valve chamber (36). A valve portion (30a) of the valve body (30) is formed in a circular arc cross sectional shape along a surface of a sphere (K) in which an intermediate point of a length of the guide portion (40) along the axis (L1) of the valve chamber (36) is set to a center (N) on the axis (L1), and a distance from the center (N) to a contact point between a valve seat (36a) and the valve portion (30a) is set to a radius (r).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Umemura, Yuji Hashimoto, Tatsuya Hirose, Kazutaka Oda, Masataka Taniue, Ryosuke Cho, Keigo Shirafuji, Toshiaki Iwa
  • Patent number: 7726949
    Abstract: A variable displacement compressor capable of controlling a piston stroke by openably controlling a displacement control valve to regulate a pressure in a crank chamber, comprising the displacement control valve disposed in a passageway from a discharge chamber to the crank chamber, and a fixed orifice provided in a passageway from the crank chamber to a suction chamber, the displacement control valve further comprising a pressure sensing member for the pressure in the suction chamber or the crank chamber, a valve element having a valve part opened and closed in response to the operation of the pressure sensing member, a valve chamber for disposing the valve part therein and allowing the pressure in the crank chamber to act therein, a partition wall disposed around the valve element, a pressure chamber partitioned from the valve chamber by the partition wall and allowing the pressure in the suction chamber to act therein, and a solenoid provided to the other end of the valve element, wherein a flow passage of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Sanden Corporation
    Inventor: Yukihiko Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7721563
    Abstract: An apparatus for calculating torque of a variable capacity compressor, including: a sensor configured to detect internal and external states of an air conditioner; an OFF-torque calculator configured to calculate and store a steady-state torque according to a state detected by the sensor just before a clutch is turned off; a start torque calculator configured to calculate a start torque according to a state detected by the sensor after the clutch is turned on; a steady-state full-stroke calculator configured to calculate a steady-state full-stroke torque based on an assumption that the compressor was in a full-stroke-state according to a state detected by the sensor after the clutch is turned on; and a determiner configured to provide, when an elapsed time after the clutch is turned on is less than a predetermined time, a maximum one of the torque values calculated by the OFF-torque calculator, start torque calculator, and steady-state full-stroke calculator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignees: Calsonic Kansei Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Takahashi, Masaki Kawachi, Masanori Ogawa, Hirofumi Muto, Daisuke Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7699585
    Abstract: In a swash plate type compressor, refrigerant in a discharge pressure region is introduced into a crank chamber through a supply passage while the refrigerant in the crank chamber is drawn out to a suction pressure region through a bleed passage for controlling pressure in the crank chamber, whereby inclination angle of a swash plate is changed. A heat-generating sliding portion is provided in the crank chamber. The supply passage includes a communication port that communicates with the crank chamber and a first throttle portion for throttling the refrigerant. At least parts of the supply passage and the bleed passage are formed in a drive shaft. A part of the bleed passage formed in the drive shaft is located between a part of the supply passage formed in the drive shaft and an outer peripheral surface of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Tetsuhiko Fukanuma, Naoya Yokomachi, Masakazu Murase, Shingo Enami, Hajime Kurita, Seiji Katayama
  • Patent number: 7690898
    Abstract: The control valve comprises a valve rod having a valve body part; a valve main body provided with a valve chamber having a valve port to/from which the valve body part contacts/separates, a discharge pressure refrigerant inlet for introducing the refrigerant from a compressor, and a refrigerant outlet communicating with a crank chamber of the compressor; an electromagnetic actuator having a plunger for moving the valve rod in the valve closing direction; a pressure sensing chamber in which suction pressure is introduced from the compressor; and a pressure sensitive response member for pressing the valve rod in the valve opening direction corresponding to the pressure in the pressure sensing chamber, wherein the valve rod is fitted to the plunger having a predetermined diametrical directional clearance so as not to be influenced from the lateral deviation and inclination of the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Fujikoki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoskiyuki Kume, Toru Watanuki, Daisuke Morisawa
  • Patent number: 7651321
    Abstract: Refrigerant gas is introduced into a suction chamber through a suction line. Refrigerant gas is allowed to flow from the crank chamber into the suction chamber through an outlet line. An open degree adjustment valve (34) has a first valve body for adjusting an open degree of the suction line and a second valve body for adjusting an open degree of the outlet line. The first valve body and the second valve body are connected to each other. The first valve body moves in such a manner as to increase the open degree of the suction line when the difference between the pressure in the suction chamber and the pressure in the crank chamber decreases, and reduce the open degree of the suction line when the difference between the pressure in the suction chamber and the pressure in the crank chamber increases. Thus, variation of gas pressure is reliably suppressed while maintaining favorable starting performance of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Masaki Ota, Osamu Nakayama, Akinobu Kanai, Akihito Yamanouchi
  • Patent number: 7647859
    Abstract: A variable displacement compressor is disclosed. The compressor includes a crankcase for receiving a fluid. The crankcase has a plurality of compression chambers in which the fluid is compressed. A plurality of pistons disposed within the crankcase and are configured for reciprocal movement within the plurality of chambers to compress and pump the fluid. Further, a rotor assembly having a drive shaft and a rotor, wherein the rotor has a first pivot arm support member extending from a first surface of the rotor. A sleeve is slidably engaged with the drive shaft and configured for axial movement along a longitudinal axis of the drive shaft. A swash ring is coupled to the plurality of pistons and to the rotor by means of a pivot arm. Rotary motion of the swash ring and rotor causes reciprocal motion of the plurality of pistons within the plurality of chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Gregory Theodore, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7648346
    Abstract: A variable displacement compressor in which variable control of displacement is effected through adjustment of a crank chamber pressure, includes: a suction port; a suction chamber; a suction passage establishing communication between the suction port and the suction chamber; and an opening control valve arranged in the suction passage and adapted to adjust the opening of the suction passage based on a pressure difference between a suction pressure in the suction port and the crank chamber pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Tomohiro Murakami, Sokichi Hibino, Shiro Hayashi, Yoshio Kimoto, Yusuke Kita, Hiroaki Kayukawa
  • Patent number: 7645125
    Abstract: A variable capacity automotive refrigerant compressor is provided with a pressure equalization passage between the crankcase volume and the suction passage in the manifold to prevent a pressure imbalance between the two that could otherwise cause a reduction in crankcase lubricant retention during extended periods of system inactivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Joseph Dewispelaere, Ronald W Williams
  • Patent number: 7644729
    Abstract: A capacity control valve has a communication path (31) for communicating a discharge chamber (11) and a control chamber (12); one valve chamber (36) in the middle of the communication path (31); communication paths (32, 31b) for communicating a suction chamber (13) and the control chamber (12); the other valve chamber (36) in the middle of the communication path (32); a valve body (40) including a first valve section (41) that opens and closes the communication path (31) and a second valve section (42) that opens and closes the communication path (32), the first and second valve sections being placed in the valve chamber (36) and performing the opening and closing operation in a manner opposite to each other; and a solenoid (60) for moving the valve body (40). The valve body (40) has a pressure receiving section (44) at its end section that is across the second valve section (42) from the first valve section (41), and the pressure receiving section (44) receives pressure in the control chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Cho, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Kohei Fukudome
  • Patent number: 7611335
    Abstract: The subject invention provides a compressor assembly for an air conditioning system for a vehicle. The compressor assembly is of the variable displacement angle wobble plate type, and includes a housing that defines a suction cavity, a discharge cavity, and a crankcase. An electronic control valve controls the flow of a fluid between the discharge cavity and the crankcase for pressurizing the crankcase to de-stroke the compressor assembly. The control valve includes a pressure sensing member, which is responsive to a suction pressure to open fluid communication between the discharge cavity and the crankcase when the suction pressure is below a pre-determined set-point. The control valve also includes an actuator port in fluid communication with the discharge cavity for urging the member into the activated position to open fluid communication between the discharge cavity and the crankcase when the suction pressure is above the pre-determined set-point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew R. Warren, Joseph M. Bona, Ernesto Jose Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 7587970
    Abstract: A reciprocating piston machine, such as an air-conditioning compressor for motor vehicles, including a pivot ring and a guide sleeve that is provided axially slidably on a drive shaft and is provided with radially projecting bearing sleeves. The pivot ring and the guide sleeve are interconnected by pins so as to be rotatable relative to each other while being axially joined in a fixed manner, the pins being mounted in bores of the pivot ring and in bores of the bearing sleeves of the guide sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: LuK Fahrzeug-Hydraulik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jan Hinrichs, Andre Speck, Peter Barth
  • Patent number: 7559208
    Abstract: A displacement control mechanism for a variable displacement compressor includes a first valve hole, a first valve body, a pressure sensing means operable to sense pressures of first and second points in a discharge pressure region to adjust a position of the first valve body, and a pressure-difference-increasing means operable to increase pressure difference between the first and second points when the pressure of a suction pressure region falls below a predetermined standard pressure. The pressure sensing means displaces the first valve body to increase an opening degree of the first valve hole according to increase of the pressure difference when the first valve hole is part of a supply passage. The pressure sensing means displaces the first valve body to decrease the opening degree of the first valve hole according to the increase of the pressure difference when the first valve hole is part of a bleed passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Daimler AG
    Inventors: Masaki Ota, Satoshi Umemura, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Sokichi Hibino
  • Publication number: 20090129947
    Abstract: Axial piston compressor, especially for motor vehicle air-conditioning systems, having a tilt plate (2), especially a ring-shaped tilt plate, which is variable in terms of its inclination with respect to a drive shaft (1) and which is driven in rotation by the drive shaft (1) and is connected to—especially in articulated connection with—at least one supporting element (5) arranged at a spacing from the drive shaft (1) and rotating together therewith, the pistons in each case having an articulated arrangement with which the tilt plate (2) is in sliding engagement, and the supporting element (5) being arranged at the radially outer end of a force transmission element (6) which rotates together with the drive shaft (1) and is fixed in the latter in an approximately radial direction, wherein the force transmission element (6) is in rotatable and/or radially displaceable articulated connection with the supporting element (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: VALEO COMPRESSOR EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Otfried Schwarzkopf, Jens Dittmar
  • Patent number: 7530797
    Abstract: A variable displacement compressor including a drive shaft through which a gas passage extends between front and rear ends of the drive shaft. The gas passage is connected to a suction chamber at the rear end of the drive shaft. The drive shaft includes a first gas inlet passage, which connects the gas passage to a crank chamber through a lip seal, an oil chamber, and a thrust bearing, and a second gas inlet passage, which connects the gas passage to a central portion of the crank chamber. The drive shaft further includes a sleeve movable along the drive shaft as a swash plate inclines to adjust an open amount of the second gas inlet passage in accordance with the inclination angle of the swash plate, that is, the displacement of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Masafumi Ito, Sokichi Hibino, Shiro Hayashi, Junichi Takahata, Takayuki Ohara
  • Patent number: 7523620
    Abstract: A displacing device is incorporated in a displacement control valve. The displacing device includes a first pressure chamber, a second pressure chamber, a second bellows, a transmission rod, and an urging spring. The second pressure chamber communicates with a suction chamber. The interior of the second pressure chamber is a suction pressure zone. When the pressure in the suction pressure zone is less than or equal to a predetermined reference pressure, the transmission rod moves an actuation rod (valve body) to open a valve hole. Therefore, a variable displacement compressor is prevented from operating with a large displacement when there is insufficient amount of refrigerant or when the speed of the compressor is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Satoshi Umemura, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Masaki Ota, Tatsuya Hirose, Yuji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7503754
    Abstract: In a control valve for a variable capacity compressor, coolant that is sucked in from a suction chamber through a suction conduit is compressed and delivered to a delivery chamber through a delivery conduit and the coolant pressure is controlled by an electromagnetic control valve. Opening/closing control of a gas supply valve body (gas supply side) that communicates with the delivery conduit and a crank chamber and of an extraction valve body (extraction side) that communicates with the crank chamber and the suction conduit is performed in accordance with the suction coolant pressure of the suction conduit. A crank chamber communication port communicates with the extraction valve chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Fujikoki Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Okii, Yoshiyuki Kume, Toru Watanuki
  • Patent number: 7452192
    Abstract: To provide a control valve for a variable displacement compressor using a diaphragm for a pressure-sensing section, which is capable of sensing suction pressure as absolute pressure. A core, a first plunger, and a spring of a solenoid are accommodated in a bottomed sleeve. A diaphragm is welded to an open end of the bottomed sleeve under vacuum atmosphere, whereby an assembly having a vacuum inside is formed. As a result, suction pressure Ps can be sensed as an absolute pressure with reference to a vacuum. The magnetic gap between the first plunger and the core is adjusted by the amount of press-fitting of the core into the bottomed sleeve, and the adjustment of load of the spring incorporated into the bottomed sleeve is made by deforming the bottom of the bottomed sleeve such that it is dented inward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: TGK Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hisatoshi Hirota