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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7862307 | Swash plate compressor At a housing, a first gas passage I and a second gas passage II extending along the axial direction, a third gas passage III formed substantially symmetrical to the first gas passage I relative to a plane containing a drive shaft, a fourth gas passage IV formed subs... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7418999 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger for a supercritical refrigerating cycle, comprising tubes 510 and tanks 520 which have plural hollow portions 520a and slots 521a for insertion of the ends of the tubes formed, wherein a sectional outline of... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7320273 | Compressor A compressor used in a refrigerating cycle is provided as a miniaturized and lightweight unit at low production cost by selecting an optimal material to constitute components or by forming the housing in a specific shape so as to allow the components to have smaller... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7156165 | Tank for heat exchanger In tubular portion of a tank, slits are formed in each side face of chambers or across all side faces of the chambers. For partition plates that are to be inserted from the slits, groove portions in which the partition plates are fitted are formed by cutting portion... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7096924 | Car air conditioner A casing 21 of an automotive air conditioner is formed with a hole TH for accommodating a steering member S extending in a right-left direction of a vehicle. The hole TH extends through the casing 1 in the right-left direction of the vehicle. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086323 | Swash plate compressor The lubrication between a shoe and a shoe pocket is improved without having to perform a complicated forming process. In a swash plate compressor comprising a swash plate locked to a drive shaft, which rotates together with the drive shaft, a shoe 31 that sli... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7004734 | Reciprocating refrigerant compressor An inlet port 15 is divided into a plurality of holes 15a, 15b, 15c, 15 by ribs 61a, 61b, 61c. For example, when liquid refrigerant is compressed within a compression c... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6988539 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger comprising a heat exchange core (1) including a plurality of tubes (2) flowing a medium for heat exchange and a pair of tanks (4) to which ends of said tubes are connected, each tube formed by shaping a plate member (200)... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6942017 | Intercooler An intercooler has a case through which supercharging air passes, and a heat exchanger 4 mounted inside the case which allows heat exchange between the supercharging air and a cooling fluid. A frame body 15 is provided at the circumferential edges of a... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6904763 | Automotive air conditioner and instrument panel module A casing 1 of an automotive air conditioner is formed with a recess 12 for accommodating a steering member S extending in a right-left direction of a vehicle. The casing 1 is divided into an instrument panel-side part Rp and a fire panel-side pa... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6896044 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger provided with tubes 210 through which a medium flows and tanks 300 to which the ends of the tubes are connected to perform heat exchange of the medium with heat conducted to the tubes, wherein the tanks each provided with an end plate ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6860324 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger for performing heat exchange of a medium by heat conducted to tubes (210) and fins (220), the heat exchanger is configured by assembling the tubes, the fins, tanks (300) and a connector (400) and heating them in a furnace... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6857282 | Air-conditioning system for vehicles According to the present invention, a blower/evaporator housing case is provided for housing side-by-side a blower that is rotated by a motor and creates an air flow and an evaporator linked with coolant pipes through which a coolant flows in and out so as to comple... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6837695 | Inlet port for a reciprocating compressor A reciprocating refrigerant compressor includes a cylinder block having a cylinder bore, and a compression chamber defined within the cylinder bore. A cylinder head has a low-pressure chamber for receiving refrigerant gas to be drawn into the compression chamber, an... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6679319 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger has a connector (7) for connecting a receiver tank (4) brazed to a header pipe (3) and the receiver tank (4) connected to the connector (7) by male screw parts, wherein the connector (7) is formed to have a brazing face (7a) against the h... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6670567 | Rotary switch mechanism for operation panel A rotary switch mechanism for an operation panel is designed such that the space on a printed board is ensured, the design of electronic parts on the printed board can be readily made, and the attachability of a switch is good. Drive pieces are arranged a... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6666265 | Heat exchanger, method of manufacturing the heat exchanger, and method of manufacturing tube for heat exchange A heat exchanger is comprising a core which is consisting of tubes provided with medium passages and fins fitted to the tubes, and tanks to which ends of the tubes are connected, wherein the tube (2) is formed to have a flat cross-sectional shape by joini... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6651450 | Drive control device for hybrid compressor If a motor breaks down, an appropriate measure is taken according to the type pf the breakdown. If the breakdown is judged to be due to abnormal energization of the motor by electrical abnormality judgment means, a drive source for a hybrid compressor is ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6626007 | Capacitor In order to ensure that a braising material applied onto the surface of a header pipe does not enter communicating passages for coolant intake/outlet at a connecting block during the furnace braising process implemented to weld the connecting block utiliz... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6591900 | Heat exchanger, tube for heat exchanger, and method of manufacturing the heat exchanger and the tube A heat exchanger (1) is formed by stacking tubes (2) formed by rolling a flat tube material (10) with a fin (3) interposed between the adjacent tubes, joining tanks (4), (5) and the tubes, (2) to appropriately communicate the tubes (2) and the tanks (4), ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6585494 | Variable-capacity control for refrigerating cycle without using a large pressure control valve Variable-capacity control is reliably carried out without using a large pressure control valve while maintaining sufficient pressure resistance in a refrigerating cycle in which carbon dioxide is used as its coolant. A pressure sensor for measuring the pr... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6334324 | Expansion device An expansion device capable of preventing an abnormal increase in the high-pressure in a freezing cycle and having, as an integrated unit thereof, a mechanism capable of quickly responding to an abnormal increase in the high-pressure and the low-pressure ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6327868 | Refrigerating cycle In a freezing cycle, if the pressure in a high-pressure line (8) reaches an abnormal level, the high-side pressure is released toward a low-pressure line (9) to lower the pressure without releasing the coolant into the atmosphere and the coolant is releas... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6321544 | Refrigerating cycle The freezing cycle according to the present invention is provided with a first means for safety that leaks the high pressure to the low-pressure side when the high pressure reaches a level equal to or higher than a first specific pressure, a second means ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6273184 | Parallel-disposed integral heat exchanger In a parallel integrated heat exchanger achieved by joining a plurality of heat exchangers with their heat exchanging units facing opposite each other and integrated fins formed to be shared by adjacent heat exchangers, performance-improving louvers 31a a... | 08/14/2001 |
