Patent · US Expired

Air conditioning unit for vehicle

US4691526A · kind A · utility

12Cited by
3References
6Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 28, 1986
Grant dateSep 8, 1987
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60H2001/3275
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An air conditioning unit for cooling and dehumidifying a passenger room of a vehicle including a reciprocatory piston type refrigerant compressor having a refrigerant suction chamber, a compressed refrigerant discharge chamber, and an independent drive chamber for a drive mechanism to reciprocate compressor piston, a condenser, an expansion valve, an evaporator for thermal exchange, and an evaporating pressure control valve adjustably changing a fluid communication between the evaporator and the suction chamber of the compressor in response to a change is a cooling load. The air conditioning unit further includes a fluid bypass passageway providing a constant fluid communication between the evaporator and the drive chamber of the compressor regardless of the change in the cooling load so that a part of a lubricant containing refrigerant is always introduced into the drive chamber.

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