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US 12,264,748 · App. 18/201,095 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Capacity control valve

Inventors: Masahiro Hayama (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Fukudome (Tokyo, JP); Toshinori Kanzaki (Tokyo, JP); Wataru Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Keigo Shirafuji (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
F16K27/029F16K31/0655F16K31/0658F16K31/0693F16K17/04
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Patent No.
US 12,264,748
App. No.
18/201,095
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A capacity control valve capable of being downsized with the small number of parts is provided. A capacity control valve includes a valve housing provided with a suction port through which a suction fluid of suction pressure Ps passes, and a control port through which a control fluid of control pressure Pc passes, a valve element configured to be driven by a solenoid, a spring that biases the valve element in a direction opposite to a driving direction of the solenoid, and a CS valve formed by a CS valve seat 10 a and the valve element and configured to open and close a communication between the control port and the suction port in accordance with a movement of the valve element. The control pressure Pc is controlled by opening and closing the CS valve.

Claims (39)

1. A capacity control valve comprising:

a valve housing provided with a suction port through which a suction fluid of suction pressure passes, and a control port through which a control fluid of control pressure passes;

a valve element configured to be driven by a solenoid;

a spring that biases the valve element against a driving force of the solenoid; and

a CS valve formed by a CS valve seat and the valve element and configured to open and close a communication between the control port and the suction port in accordance with a movement of the valve element, wherein

the control pressure is controlled by opening and closing the CS valve,

a guide hole with which the valve element is slidable in a substantially sealed state and which guides the valve element, and a valve chamber which is formed between the guide hole and the CS valve seat and in which a part of the valve element is housed are formed in the valve housing,

the valve chamber communicates with the suction port,

an inner peripheral surface of the guide hole and an outer peripheral surface of the valve element are separated from each other to allow the suction fluid which flows into the valve chamber through the suction port to run round therebetween,

the valve element is a rod which is fixed to a movable iron core of the solenoid and which extends in an axial direction toward the CS valve seat, and

the control fluid which is supplied from the control port acts on a tip surface of the rod.

2. The capacity control valve according to claim 1 , wherein

the CS valve seat is formed in the valve housing.

3. The capacity control valve according to claim 2 , wherein

the CS valve seat and the guide hole are provided in one member which partially or integrally forms the valve housing.

4. The capacity control valve according to claim 1 , wherein

the rod is a pillar-shaped body having a constant cross section.

5. The capacity control valve according to claim 1 , wherein

the rod is arranged to pass through a coil of the solenoid.

6. The capacity control valve according to claim 1 , wherein

the direction in which the valve element is biased by the spring is a valve opening direction of the CS valve.

7. A capacity control valve comprising:

a valve housing provided with a suction port through which a suction fluid of suction pressure passes, and a control port through which a control fluid of control pressure passes;

a valve element configured to be driven by a solenoid;

a spring that biases the valve element against a driving force of the solenoid; and

a CS valve formed by a CS valve seat and the valve element and configured to open and close a communication between the control port and the suction port in accordance with a movement of the valve element, wherein

the control pressure is controlled by opening and closing the CS valve,

a guide hole with which the valve element is slidable in a substantially sealed state and which guides the valve element, and a valve chamber which is formed between the guide hole and the CS valve seat and in which a part of the valve element is housed are formed in the valve housing,

the valve chamber communicates with the control port,

an inner peripheral surface of the guide hole and an outer peripheral surface of the valve element are separated from each other to allow the control fluid which flows into the valve camber through the control port to run round therebetween.

8. The capacity control valve according to claim 7 , wherein a seal member is provided in the outer peripheral surface of the valve element and configured to prevent the pressure of the control fluid in the valve chamber from running round to a back surface side of the valve element.

9. The capacity control valve according to claim 7 , wherein

the CS valve sea is formed in the valve housing.

10. The capacity control valve according to claim 9 , wherein

the CS valve seat and the guide hole are provided in one member which partially or integrally forms the valve housing.

11. The capacity control valve according to claim 7 , wherein

the valve element also serves as a rod arranged to pass through a coil of the solenoid.

12. The capacity control valve according to claim 7 , wherein

the direction in which the valve element is biased by the spring is a valve closing direction of the CS valve.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-071632 · Apr 3, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 17599474
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