Abstract:
A hybrid compressor selectively driven by an engine (3) and an electric motor (4). The hybrid compressor includes a variable displacement compression mechanism (1). When the compression mechanism (1) is driven by the motor (4), the cooling capacity of a refrigeration circuit that includes the hybrid compressor is adjusted by controlling the inclination of the swash plate (19) and the motor speed. In the control procedure, the inclination angle of the swash plate (19) and the motor speed are controlled so that the compression mechanism (1) and the motor (4) are most efficiently operated to achieve the required cooling capacity. Therefore, the hybrid compressor is constantly operated with maximum efficiency.
Abstract:
A compressor includes swash plate (22), which is tiltably supported by a drive shaft (6). The displacement of the compressor changes in accordance with the inclination angle of the swash plate (22). The minimum inclination angle (θmin) of the swash plate (22) is less than three to five degrees relative to a plane perpendicular to the axis of the drive shaft (6). The swash plate (22) can be moved from its minimum inclination to increase its angle, despite the small minimum inclination angle, due to a return spring (27), which urges the swash plate (22) to increase the inclination angle. The return spring (27) positively moves the swash plate (22) in a direction increasing the inclination angle.
Abstract:
A peristaltic pump for propelling liquid through a flexible tube segment. The pump has a cam shaft which carries a plurality of cams each having a driving surface. The driving surfaces of adjacent cams sre spaced at an angle to each other about the cam shaft. The pump also has a plurality of cam followers which are each reciprocal in a common direction perpendicular to the axis of the cam shaft. Each cam follower has a cam surface riding on the driving surface of a cam and a tube engaging surface for engaging the flexible tube segment. At least one of the cam followers is a restriction cam follower of which the tube engaging surface engages the flexible tube segment for a longer period than that of the other cam followers. The pump also has a motor for rotating the cam shaft whereby the cams cause the cam followers to each engage and occlude the flexible tube segment to form a propagating depression wave in the flexible tube segment for propelling liquid. The restriction cam followers prevent back flow of the liquid.
Abstract:
An electric hydraulic hybrid motor which can be made smaller in size and provide good performance. To this end, a hydraulic pump (20) and a hydraulic motor (60) are disposed inwardly, respectively, of a stator (12) of an electric motor (10) and a rotor (14), and the hydraulic pump (20) comprises a cylinder block (21) for a pump which is adapted to rotate together with the rotor (14) and a plunger (23) for the pump, and the hydraulic motor (60) comprises a cylinder block (61) for the motor and a plunger (23a) for the motor.
Abstract:
When a mode signal Sm of a mode switch (13) is ON, an arithmetic unit (12a) of a controller (12) executes learning control in which a driving current (I) corresponding to a predetermined target pump rotation θ 0 is supplied to a proportional solenoid valve (3) to determine the difference between the target pump rotation θ 0 and actual pump rotation θ and the difference is stored as a corrective value Δθ 0 in an EEPROM of a memory unit (12b). When the mode signal Sm of the mode switch (13) is OFF, the arithmetic unit executes normal control in which the corrective value Δθ 0 stored in the memory unit (12b) is added to the target pump rotation θ 0 and a driving current (I) corresponding to this corrected target pump rotation θ 0 is supplied to the proportional solenoid valve (3). Therefore, even when any variance exists in the input/output characteristics of a regulator as displacement control means (control objet) of a hydraulic pump and the proportional solenoid valve, variance of actual pump rotation as the output of the control object can be reduced.