Refrigerant compressor for air conditioning of vehicles
First Claim
1. A refrigerant compressor for use in an air conditioner for vehicles, which comprises:
- a refrigerant intake port;
a refrigerant delivery port;
a rotary shaft arranged to be rotated by an associated engine;
a rotor secured to said rotary shaft for rotation therewith, the rotor having a plurality of slits formed in an outer peripheral surface thereof;
a plurality of vanes radially movably inserted in said slits;
a housing accommodating said rotor and said vanes, the rotor, the vanes and the housing cooperating to define pump working chambers between them, the housing having a peripheral wall formed with a blind hole opening in an outer peripheral surface thereof and terminating in the interior of said wall;
a covering enclosing said housing, the covering having an inner peripheral wall thereof, part of said inner peripheral wall cooperating with an outer peripheral wall of said housing to define a refrigerant delivery chamber which is in communication with both the interior of the housing and said refrigerant delivery port, said covering having a through hole arranged in alignment with said opening;
a support member inserted in said hole of said housing, said support member extending through said through hole of said covering outwardly thereof;
a temperature sensor arranged in contact with the bottom of said hole of said housing and supported by said support member; and
sealing means provided around the support member for keeping airtightness between said support member and said covering.
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Abstract
A refrigerant compressor for use with an air conditioner for vehicles, which comprises a housing in which a vane pump is accommodated, and a covering disposed so as to enclose said housing in a fashion that its inner wall cooperates with the outer wall of said housing to define a refrigerant delivery chamber, characterized by that a temperature sensor is embedded in a portion of the outer wall of said housing. The sensor may be composed of a semiconductor thermo-sensitive device or a conductor wire made of a metal including a high resistance metal. Thus, accurate and stable detection of the internal temperature of the compressor is feasible, thereby making it possible to avoid seizure of the sliding machine parts of the compressor.
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Citations
13 Claims
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1. A refrigerant compressor for use in an air conditioner for vehicles, which comprises:
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a refrigerant intake port; a refrigerant delivery port; a rotary shaft arranged to be rotated by an associated engine; a rotor secured to said rotary shaft for rotation therewith, the rotor having a plurality of slits formed in an outer peripheral surface thereof; a plurality of vanes radially movably inserted in said slits; a housing accommodating said rotor and said vanes, the rotor, the vanes and the housing cooperating to define pump working chambers between them, the housing having a peripheral wall formed with a blind hole opening in an outer peripheral surface thereof and terminating in the interior of said wall; a covering enclosing said housing, the covering having an inner peripheral wall thereof, part of said inner peripheral wall cooperating with an outer peripheral wall of said housing to define a refrigerant delivery chamber which is in communication with both the interior of the housing and said refrigerant delivery port, said covering having a through hole arranged in alignment with said opening; a support member inserted in said hole of said housing, said support member extending through said through hole of said covering outwardly thereof; a temperature sensor arranged in contact with the bottom of said hole of said housing and supported by said support member; and sealing means provided around the support member for keeping airtightness between said support member and said covering. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A refrigerant compressor for use in an air-conditioner for vehicles, which comprises:
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a refrigerant intake port; a refrigerant delivery port; a rotary shaft arranged to be rotated by an associated engine; a rotor secured to said rotary shaft for rotation therewith, the rotor having a plurality of slits formed in an outer peripheral surface thereof; a plurality of vanes radially movably inserted in said slits; a housing accommodating said rotor and said vanes, the rotor, the vanes and the housing cooperating to define pump working chambers between them, the housing having a peripheral wall formed with a blind hole opening in an outer peripheral surface thereof and terminating in the interior of said wall; a covering enclosing said housing, the covering having an inner peripheral wall thereof, part of said inner peripheral wall cooperating with an outer peripheral wall of said housing to define a refrigerant delivery chamber which is in communication with both the interior of the housing and said refrigerant delivery port, said covering having a through hole arranged in alignment with said opening; a support member inserted in said hole of said housing, said support member extending through said through hole of said covering outwardly thereof; a temperature sensor comprising a metal wire arranged in contact with the bottom of said hole of said housing and supported by said support member; and sealing means provided around the support member for keeping airtightness between said support member and said covering. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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