Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho

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Satoshi Inaji

Hirotaka Kurakake

Keiichi Kato

Taku Adaniya

Hajime Kurita

Masahiro Kawaguchi

Masaki Ota

A compressor has a housing and a cylinder bore. A piston is accommodated in the cylinder bore. A drive shaft is supported by the housing. An annular support plate is driven by the drive shaft. The support plate surrounds the drive shaft and inclines with respect to the axis of the drive shaft. The support plate has an boss. A radial bearing located about the boss. The radial bearing has an outer race. A disk-like swash plate is formed integrally with the outer race. The swash plate is connected the piston to cause the piston to reciprocate.

Bearing for swash plate compressor

A compressor that generates relatively little noise and prevents partial clutch engagement and gas leakage when the inclination of a cam plate is suddenly decreased by a great amount. The compressor includes a control valve that electrically controls the compressor displacement based on external information. The rear end of a drive shaft is supported by a shaft bore formed in a cylinder block. A stopper is located endwise of the drive shaft to limit axial movement of the drive shaft. The stopper may be very stiff spring or a rigid member.

Stopping means for preventing movement of the drive shaft of a variable displacement compressor

A variable displacement compressor has a housing, which defines a crank chamber, a suction chamber, and a discharge chamber. A bleed passage connects the crank chamber to the suction chamber, which allows gas to flow from the crank chamber to the suction chamber. A release valve, which is a reed valve, is located in the bleed passage. The release valve varies the opening of the bleed passage in accordance with the difference between the pressure in the crank chamber and the pressure in the suction chamber. This can prevent the pressure in the crank chamber from excessively increasing.

Variable displacement compressor

A compressor comprises a drive shaft supported in a housing, a piston accommodated in a cylinder bore and connected to the drive plate, a valve plate for separating the cylinder bore from the suction chamber and the discharge chamber. A discharge passage passes through the housing and the valve plate to connect the discharge chamber to the external circuit. Gas is sent from the discharge chamber to the external circuit through the discharge passage. A check valve is located on the valve plate to selectively open and close the discharge passage. The check valve checks gas flow from the external circuit to the discharge chamber. This prevents the pressure in the crank chamber from increasing to an excessive degree.

A variable displacement compressor has a housing, which defines a crank chamber, a suction chamber, and a discharge chamber. A release passage connects the crank chamber to the suction chamber, which allows gas to flow from the crank chamber to the suction chamber. A release valve is located in the release passage. The release valve regulates gas flow in the release passage. A controller controls the release valve to limit the pressure in the crank chamber to prevent the pressure in the crank chamber from becoming undesirably high. This can prevent the pressure in the crank chamber from excessively increasing.

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