Abstract:
A displacement detection device for a variable displacement compressor in which a swash plate which is connected to a piston through shoes in a housing slides relative to the shoes and rotates synchronously with a drive shaft with a wobbling motion in an axial direction of the drive shaft as the drive shaft is rotated, and an inclination angle of the swash plate is controlled thereby changing a stroke of the piston, includes a detection object provided in a first portion of an outer periphery of the swash plate where an imaginary plane passing through a point of intersection between a line connecting top and bottom dead center positions of the swash plate and an axial line of the drive shaft in perpendicular relation to the line intersects with the outer periphery of the swash plate and a detector provided in the housing so as to face the detection object.
Abstract:
A control apparatus that promptly increases the displacement of a compressor after the compressor is started while liquefied refrigerant is lingering in an external circuit. The control apparatus includes a restricting passage. The restricting passage is located in a first pressure introduction passage, through which the pressure of the first pressure monitoring point flows to the control valve. The restricting passage decreases the pressure of refrigerant that flows through the passage. When the compressor is started while liquefied refrigerant is lingering in the external circuit and the pressure of the first pressure monitoring point is abruptly increased, the restricting passage reduces the increase of the pressure that is detected by the control valve. Therefore, the displacement of the compressor is promptly increased.
Abstract:
A compressor C has a construction comprising a cylinder block 1 in which cylinder bores 1a are formed, a front housing 2 and a rear housing 4 which are arranged at the front and at the rear, respectively, of the cylinder block 1. Pistons 20 which are accommodated in each cylinder bore 1a so as to be able to reciprocate, are connected to the cam plate 12, which connects to a drive shaft 6 so as to be able to integrally rotate, so as to operate, and the pistons 20 compress refrigerant gas according to the rotation of the drive shaft 6. A suction muffler 40, a discharge muffler 41 and a control valve 31 are provided between the cylinder bores 1a in the cylinder block 1. Further, a unit 60 which comprises a discharge check valve and an oil separator is disposed in the suction muffler 40.
Abstract:
A variable displacement compressor 10 includes a wall 1a that seals a cylinder bore 14, and is integrally formed with a cylinder block 1. A rear plate 5 having a plate-like shape is fastened via a gasket 6 to a location that extends to the inner rear side of a wall 1a. Suction valves 40 and discharge valves 44 are disposed within the wall 1a.
Abstract:
A variable displacement compressor includes a bleed passage for releasing gas from a crank chamber to a suction chamber and a supply passage for supplying gas from a discharge chamber to the crank chamber. A control valve includes an outlet valve mechanism located in the bleed passage and an inlet valve mechanism located in the supply passage. When the inlet valve mechanism is in the open state, the outlet valve mechanism is in the closed state. An outlet valve body of the outlet valve mechanism has a communication passage. When the outlet valve mechanism is in the closed state, the communication passage is opened to communicate the crank chamber with the suction chamber. Therefore, when the compressor is operating at the minimum displacement, a gas circuit is positively formed within the compressor, and atomized lubricant in refrigerant gas positively lubricates the moving parts of the compressor.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method for installing pistons in cylinder bores formed in a cylinder block of a compressor. The piston on one end of the cylinder block and a positioning jig on the other end of the cylinder block are arranged. The positioning jig is inserted into the cylinder bore such that part of the positioning jig protrudes from the cylinder bores toward the piston. The protruding part of the positioning jig is engaged with the piston to determine the position of the piston. The piston is inserted into the cylinder bore while maintaining the engagement between the jig and the piston. The positioning jig is removed from the cylinder bore. This facilitate automation of installation of pistons in cylinder bores.
Abstract:
A valve mechanism of a refrigerant compressor is disclosed. The compressor invention includes a valve plate which is disposed between a compression chamber and a suction chamber of the and has an inlet port formed there-through for fluid communication between the suction and compression chambers, and a flap type suction valve which is located on the side of the valve plate adjacent the compression chamber and has a proximal portion secured to the valve plate and a flexible distal portion movable between closed position thereof where the fluid communication is shut off and open position where the fluid communication is established. The valve plate is provided with a rib-formed support for supporting the suction valve when it is closed against the inlet port opening. The supporting rib extends approximately to the center of the inlet opening on the side of the inlet port adjacent the suction valve to provide a point of support at the center of the inlet opening. The inlet port is extended in cross sectional area so as to admit an increased volume of refrigerant gas into the compression chamber.
Abstract:
A cam plate type compressor includes a cam plate having a boss and the cam plate is located in a crank chamber formed within a pair of casings. The cam plate is rotatable with a drive shaft. The compressor also has two-part bearing structure for supporting the cam plate. The bearing has a buffer structure for absorbing an axial load applied to the cam plate. One of the bearing parts is constituted by a rolling bearing and the other is constituted by a flat sliding bearing.
Abstract:
A refrigerant compressor of the type in which a cylinder block and front and rear housings made of an aluminum alloy are fastened together by means of a plurality of bolts made of a ferrous metal and extending through part of the refrigerant gas passage in the compressor and respective bores formed in the front housing, is disclosed. Each of the bolts has a head supported on a bearing surface formed on said housing means, the bearing surface being formed by an annular projection concentric with the bore in the housing. The annular projection is plastically deformed by the bolt when the compressor is assembled, and the bolt head is carried by such deformed annular projection so that an increase in the tightening force is taken up by the elasticity of the projection.
Abstract:
A compressor comprises a suction passage; an oil reservoir for storing a lubricating oil which is separated from a refrigerant gas having a discharge pressure; and a throttle valve provided in the suction passage and having a valve body for adjusting an opening degree of the suction passage based on a differential pressure applied to the valve body. The suction passage has an upstream suction passage which is located upstream of the throttle valve. The compressor comprises a lubricating oil passage connecting the oil reservoir to the upstream suction passage for the lubricating oil in the oil reservoir to flow to the upstream suction passage therethrough.