Variable swash plate compressor

U.S. Patent Number: 6354809

Abstract: A variable swash plate compressor (10), including a housing (12), a top inlet (14A), a bottom inlet (14B), a pumping chamber (16), a compression piston (18), a top outlet (20A), a bottom outlet (20B), a drive shaft (22), a control surface element (24), a pinnacle element (26), a swash plate (28), a bore (30) and a pocket (32) formed in the swash plate (28), a pivot element tip (38) and fulcrum piston assembly (40). Wherein the angle of the swash plate (28) relative to the drive shaft (22) is varied to bring about a larger or smaller travel path of the double-sided compression piston (18) and thereby increasing or decreasing the output capacity of the variable swash plate compressor (10).

Inventors: Fagerli; Bjoern (Urbana, IL), Khetarpal; Vipen (Novi, MI), Huang; Yong (Ann Arbor, MI)

Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc. (Dearborn, MI)

Application Number: 09/492,236

Issued: 2002-03-12

Expired: 2006-03-12

Classes: 417/222.1 ; 91/506; 92/12.2

Field of search: 417/222.1,213 92/12.2 91/506

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