Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

General Motors LLC

Dennis A Black

Byron L Brucken

Raymond N Mantey

An improved drive lug and shaft through bore structure for use with a wobble plate compressor, the output of which is modulated in response to refrigeration requirements by varying the piston displacement to match the cooling requirement. The drive lug has a cylindrical body formed with a radially outer flat-sided wobble plate connection portion and a radially inner shank of reduced diameter separated by a radiused neck transition portion. A flared opening in the shaft bore receives the neck portion while means on its free end of the shank portion cooperate with the shaft securing the lug in the shaft bore so as to establish a clearance fit between the lug shank and the bore providing extended fatigue life together with ease of manufacture and assembly.

Drive shaft lug for variable displacement compressor

A wobble plate compressor in which the output of the compressor is modulated in response to refrigeration requirements by varying the compressor piston displacement to match the cooling requirement. The compressor housing front end has an axial protruding integral tubular extension which supports one end of a drive shaft by means of a journal bearing supported in the tubular extension. A cup-shaped hydraulic modulating cylinder is located in an axial fixed relation on the drive shaft adjacent the front end cover such that a disc-shaped piston, mounted on an axially slidable sleeve surrounding the drive shaft, is telescopically received in the cylinder rearwardly facing open end so as to define with the cylinder an expansible hydraulic chamber. An axially extending recess in the shaft defines an open-ended passage providing hydraulic fluid flow communication between radial passage means in the housing front end and the expansible chamber.

Variable displacement compressor

A compact variable capacity radial refrigerant compressor suitable for use in automotive refrigeration systems includes cast cylinder housing having cross bores and intake and discharge chambers formed therein which communicate with a central suction cavity. One end of the compressor housing has a modulator port surface coaxial with the unit axis while each cylinder side wall has port means therethrough for conveying gas from the cylinder compression chamber to the suction cavity with the port means having their exits located in the modulator surface. A variable capacity modulator plate is movably mounted in the recess for selectively opening and closing the port means by the rotary adjustment of the ring relative to the port means, thereby regulating suction bypass through the port means to selectively control the compressor capacity to match demand to maximize pumping efficiency and minimize horsepower requirements.

Variable capacity radial-4 compressor

A wobble plate compressor in which the output of the compressor is modulated in response to refrigeration requirements by varying the compressor piston displacement to match the cooling requirement. An expansible chamber power unit including a sleeve surrounds the drive shaft in sealing relation therewith for axial movement with said sleeve including a wobble plate connected thereto for pivotal movement relative to the shaft. The wobble plate angle is varied during the axial movement of the sleeve by means of a drive lug on the drive shaft having a cam track therein connected in rotary driving relation to cam follower means on the wobble plate. The cam track opposite ends define respectively, maximum and minimum stroke lengths for each of the pistons whereby under controlled pressure conditions the force system results in the pistons tending to go to their full stroke positions.

Variable stroke compressor

An automotive air conditioning system including series connected condenser, expansion valve and evaporator components having refrigerant supplied thereto by a mechanical refrigerant compressor; the refrigerant compressor includes a drive shaft connected to the output of a variable speed traction drive transmission having an input shaft connected to a belt pulley for drive from the vehicle engine. The transmission includes a compact carriage that supports friction cones at opposite ends thereof and includes an axially adjustable speed transfer spool for bridging first and second pluralities of friction cones on either end of the carriage to vary the power transfer from the input shaft to an output shaft so as to manually adjust the circulation of refrigerant flow through the system in accordance with ambient temperature conditions.

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Dayton, OH, United States of America

Dennis A Black