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  Control valve for variable displacement compressorUSPTO Application #: 20070264134Title: Control valve for variable displacement compressor Abstract: To provide a control valve for variable displacement compressor employing ON/OFF control, which is capable of taking measures for occurrence of an abnormally high pressure. When a solenoid is OFF, a spring causes a movable core to move a stopper in a direction away from a stationary core and to thereby separate a shaft fixed to the stopper from a valve seat, resulting in opening the control valve. When the solenoid is ON, the movable core is attracted by the stationary core by a stroke longer than that of the shaft, and a spring causes the shaft to seat on the valve seat, resulting in closing the control valve. If a discharge pressure Pd increases to an abnormally high pressure, a differential pressure between the discharge pressure Pd and a pressure Pc in a crankcase pushes the shaft while compressing the spring, so that the discharge pressure Pd flows out to the crankcase. Therefore, the pressure Pc in the crankcase increases and the variable displacement compressor shifts to operate at a minimum discharge capacity, resulting in decreasing the abnormally high pressure. (end of abstract)
Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP - Washington, DC, US Inventor: Hisatoshi Hirota USPTO Applicaton #: 20070264134 - Class: 417222200 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Pumps, Condition Responsive Control Of Drive Transmission Or Pump Displacement, Adjustable Cam Or Linkage, Axial Cam, With Sump Pressure Actuation The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070264134. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001] This application is a continuing application, filed under 35 U.S.C. .sctn.111(a), of International Application PCT/JP2005/022845, filed Dec. 13, 2005, it being further noted that priority is based upon Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-007701, filed Jan. 14, 2005. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] (1) Field of the Invention [0003] This invention relates to a control valve for variable displacement compressor, and more particularly to a control valve for variable displacement compressor, which controls a discharge capacity of a variable displacement compressor of an automotive air conditioning system with ON/OFF control. [0004] (2) Description of the Related Art [0005] A compressor that is used in a refrigeration cycle of an automotive air conditioning system is incapable of controlling the rotational speed because the compressor uses as a driving source an engine that varies its rotational speed according to a running condition. Therefore, in general, a variable displacement compressor is employed which is designed to be capable of changing a discharge capacity of refrigerant in order to secure an adequate cooling capacity, irrespective of the rotational speed of the engine. [0006] In general, in a variable displacement compressor, a wobbling plate, which is provided at a variable inclination angle in an airtight crankcase, is driven and wobbles by rotations of a rotating shaft, this wobbling plate wobbling makes a piston move back and forth in parallel to the rotating shaft, and this moving piston introduces refrigerant of a suction chamber into a cylinder where the refrigerant is compressed and is discharged to a discharge chamber. In this operation, by controlling the pressure in the crankcase, the inclination angle of the wobbling plate can be changed by a pressure difference received on the both ends of the piston. This angle change causes the stroke of the piston to vary, thereby changing the discharge capacity of the refrigerant. A control valve for variable displacement compressor has a function of changing the pressure in the crankcase. [0007] In general, such a control valve for controlling a discharge capacity of a variable displacement compressor partly introduces refrigerant of a discharge pressure Pd discharged from a discharge chamber, into an airtight crankcase. By controlling the introducing rate of the refrigerant, a pressure Pc in the crankcase is controlled. For example, a known control valve for variable displacement compressor controls a flow rate of refrigerant to be introduced into a crankcase according to a differential pressure between a discharge pressure Pd in a discharge chamber and a suction pressure Ps in a suction chamber (For example, refer to Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-132650 (paragraphs [0043] to [0045], FIG. 4)). [0008] This control valve for variable displacement compressor senses a differential pressure between the discharge pressure Pd in the discharge chamber and the suction pressure Ps in the suction chamber, and controls a flow rate of refrigerant of the discharge pressure Pd to be introduced from the discharge chamber to the crankcase such that the differential pressure becomes equal to a differential pressure which is set by a solenoid, resulting in maintaining a fixed discharge capacity of refrigerant discharged from the variable displacement compressor. [0009] However, there arises a problem that such a control valve for variable displacement compressor has a complex structure and is therefore expensive. Another problem is that, in the refrigeration cycle which uses carbon dioxide whose working pressure is very high as a refrigerant, the variable displacement compressor may be broken when the high pressure section in the refrigeration cycle has become an abnormal high pressure, in the case where a failure in a control circuit for controlling the control valve for variable displacement compressor or a pressure sensor for sensing a refrigerant pressure, for example, ahs caused a malfunction of the control valve for variable displacement compressor. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0010] This invention has been made in view of the foregoing and intends to provide a control valve for variable displacement compressor, which has a simple structure and is capable of preventing the variable displacement compressor from being broken due to an abnormally high pressure. [0011] To solve the above problems, there has been provided a control valve for variable displacement compressor that controls a flow rate of refrigerant to be introduced from a discharge chamber to a crankcase of the variable displacement compressor with ON/OFF control in order to thereby change a discharge capacity. This control valve comprises: a valve section where a valve element is arranged on a downstream side of a valve hole for opening and closing the valve hole, into which the refrigerant that is discharged from the discharge chamber is introduced; and a solenoid for opening the valve section in a deenergized state and for closing the valve section in an energized state. In the solenoid, the valve element that receives a discharge pressure of the refrigerant introduced from the discharge chamber in a valve-opening direction is held at a valve-opening position by a first spring imposing an urging force in the valve-opening direction in the deenergized state and a second spring imposing an urging force in a valve-closing diction, and the valve element is held at a valve-closing position by the second spring in the energized state. [0012] The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will becomes apparent from the following description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention by way of example. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0013] FIG. 1 is a central longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a construction of a control valve for variable displacement compressor. [0014] FIG. 2 is a central longitudinal cross-sectional view showing an operating state of the control valve for variable displacement compressor when a solenoid is energized. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [0015] Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to accompanying drawings in detail. [0016] FIG. 1 is a central longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a construction of a control valve for variable displacement compressor. FIG. 2 is a central longitudinal cross-sectional view showing an operating state of the control valve for variable displacement compressor when a solenoid is energized. [0017] This control valve for variable displacement compressor has a body 10 of a valve section, as illustrated on the upper side of the figure. This body 10 has a port 11 for receiving a discharge pressure Pd at the upper central part of the body 10, and a port 12 through which a controlled pressure Pc is delivered to a crankcase. The port 11 and the port 12 communicate with each other inside the body 10. An extending portion from the port 11 forms a valve hole, and a portion that is open in an internal space where the valve hole communicates with the port 12 serves as a valve seat 13. [0018] Under the body 10, a solenoid is disposed. This solenoid has a stationary core 14 which is press-fitted to the body 10 from the bottom side of the figure. The lower part of this stationary core 14 is engaged with a bottomed sleeve 15. The bottomed sleeve 15 is welded to the stationary core 14 and the inside of the bottomed sleeve 15 is held at the airtight condition. Inside the bottomed sleeve 15, a movable core 16 is disposed in an axially movable manner and is urged by a spring 17 in a direction away from the stationary core 14. [0019] In addition, in this solenoid, a shaft 18 is loosely fitted in the stationary core 14 and the movable core 16 in a manner axially extending therethrough. The top end of the shaft 18, as viewed in the figure, forms a valve element of the valve section that can be moved to and away from the valve seat 13 of the valve section. To the bottom end of the shaft 18, as viewed in the figure, a stopper 19 is fixed. Between the stopper 19 and the bottom of the bottomed sleeve 15, a spring 20 is disposed to urge the shaft 18 in a direction toward the valve seat 13. The stopper 19 has an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the central opening of the movable core 16 where the shaft 18 is loosely fitted. Therefore, while the movable core 16 is separated from the stationary core 14 by the urging force of the spring 17, the stopper 19 is brought into contact with the movable core 16 by the urging force of the spring 20. While the movable core 16 is attracted by the stationary core 14, the top end of the shaft 18 (valve element) is seated on the valve seat 13 by the urging force of the spring 20, so that the stopper 19 is separated from the movable core 16. [0020] Then, a coil 21 is disposed around the outer circumference of the bottomed sleeve 15, a yoke 22 and a plate 23, both made of magnetic material, are disposed so as to cover the coil 21, and a harness is drawn to outside through the plate 23 for power supply to the coil 21. When this control valve for variable displacement compressor is mounted in the variable displacement compressor, an O-ring 25 disposed around the body 10 at an upper position than the port 12 prevents a high discharge pressure Pd from leaking to the medium pressure port 12, and an O-ring 26 disposed around the stationary core 14 seals between the medium pressure port 12 and atmosphere. Continue reading... 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