Displacement control mechanism for variable displacement type compressor

• US 20020006337A1
• Filed: 07/06/2001
• Published: 01/17/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
• Inventors: Kimura, Kazuya, Umemura, Satoshi, Minami, Kazuhiko, Adaniya, Taku, Shimizu, Izuru
• Granted Patent: US 6,517,323 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 417/222.2
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 2027/1813 Crankcase pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 2027/1827 between crankcase and discharge chamber
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 2027/1872 Discharge pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 27/1804 Controlled by crankcase pressure

Abstract

A displacement control mechanism used for compressor is installed in a refrigerant circuit. The compressor has a bleed passage and a supply passage. The displacement control mechanism includes a first control valve and a second control valve. The first control valve includes a first valve body and a pressure sensitive member. The first valve body adjusts the opening size of the supply passage. The pressure sensitive member moves in accordance with a pressure in the refrigerant circuit. A pressure detection region is located downstream of the first valve body. The second control valve includes a second valve body. The second valve body adjusts the opening size of the bleed passage. The second valve body moves in accordance with the pressure of the pressure detection region. When the pressure of the pressure detection region increases, the second control valve decreases the opening size of the bleed passage. This permits to start with rapid cooling performance.

Claims

1. A displacement control mechanism used for a variable displacement type compressor, the displacement of which varies in accordance with the pressure of a crank chamber, wherein the control mechanism is installed in a refrigerant circuit, wherein the refrigerant circuit includes a suction pressure zone and a discharge pressure zone, and the compressor has a bleed passage, which connects the crank chamber to the suction pressure zone, and a supply passage, which connects the crank chamber to the discharge pressure zone, wherein one of the bleed passage and the supply passage is a control passage and the other is a regulating passage, the displacement control mechanism comprising:

a first control valve, the first control valve comprising;

a first valve body for adjusting the opening size of the control passage;

a pressure sensitive member that moves in accordance with a pressure in the refrigerant circuit such that the displacement is varied to counter changes of the pressure in the refrigerant circuit;

a pressure detection region located in the control passage, wherein the pressure detection region is located downstream of the first valve body;

a second control valve, wherein the second control valve includes a second valve body for adjusting the opening size of the regulating passage, wherein the second valve body moves in accordance with the pressure of the pressure detection region, wherein, when the pressure of the pressure detection region increases, the second control valve decreases the opening size of the regulating passage.

2. The displacement control mechanism according to claim 1, wherein a fixed restrictor is located a downstream of the first valve body, wherein the pressure detection region is between the first valve body and the fixed restrictor.

3. The displacement control mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the control passage is the supply passage, wherein the regulating passage is the bleed passage.

4. The displacement control mechanism according to claim 3, wherein a force based on the pressure of the pressure detection region acts in a direction to close the control passage, wherein a force based on the pressure of the bleed passage acts in a direction to open the regulating passage, wherein an opening size of the second control valve is controlled in accordance with the pressure difference between the pressure of the pressure detection region and the pressure of the bleed passage.

5. The displacement control mechanism according to claim 4, wherein the second valve body has a first effective pressure receiving area, which receives the pressure of the pressure detection region, and a second effective pressure receiving area, which receives the pressure of the bleed passage, and the first effective pressure receiving area is greater than the second effective pressure receiving area.

6. The displacement control mechanism according to claim 4, wherein the second control valve comprises:

a valve housing;

an accommodating chamber located in the valve housing, wherein the second pressure sensitive member is a movable spool fitted in the accommodating chamber;

a back pressure chamber defined between the accommodating chamber and the spool, wherein the pressure of the pressure detection region is applied to the back pressure chamber, wherein the spool moves based on the pressure difference between the pressure of the back pressure chamber and the pressure of the bleed passage, wherein the opening size of the bleed passage is adjusted in accordance with the movement of the spool.

7. The displacement control mechanism according to claim 6, wherein a communication passage is formed in the spool, wherein the communication passage connects the back pressure chamber to the regulating passage.

8. The displacement control mechanism according to claim 7, wherein a pressure passage connects the crank chamber to the suction pressure zone.

9. The displacement control mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the first control valve and the second control valve are located in a single valve housing.

10. The displacement control mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the first control valve has an actuator, wherein the actuator varies the force that applies to the pressure sensitive member in accordance with an external command.

11. The displacement control mechanism according to claim 10, wherein the actuator is a solenoid, wherein the solenoid varies force in accordance with a supplied electrical current.

12. The displacement control mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the pressure sensitive member moves in accordance with the pressure difference between two pressure monitoring points in which are located in the refrigerant circuit.

13. The displacement control mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the sensitive pressure member moves in accordance with the pressure of the suction pressure zone.