| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D323882 |
Liquid receiver for storage of liqiud refrigerant and having a desiccant charging portion, for u |
February 11, 1992 |
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| 6332553 |
String-attached cap |
December 25, 2001 |
| An annular groove is formed in a cap body of a cap. An elongated coupling member has a ring part formed integrally therewith, and is coupled to the cap as the ring part is engaged in the annular groove. The cap and the coupling member are each formed of electroconductive resin, and the |
| 6257483 |
Nickel-based brazing material, method of brazing with the brazing material, process for producin |
July 10, 2001 |
| Disclosed is a nickel-based brazing material obtained by adding to powdery brazing nickel a powder of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, chromium, nickel-chromium alloys, and SUS (stainless steel) in an amount of from 2 to 10% by weight, excluding 10% by wei |
| 6196258 |
Pressure control valve and evaporation fuel discharge control device |
March 6, 2001 |
| The pressure control valve is structured such that a first port is formed on one side of a casing, a second port is formed on the other side, and, in the casing, there are disposed not only a positive pressure valve which, when the pressure on the first port side becomes high, can be mov |
| 6173487 |
Resistor unit for a fan speed controller of an automotive air conditioning device |
January 16, 2001 |
| A fan speed controller of an automotive vehicle air conditioning device is usually placed in an air flow duct to be effectively cooled. Thus, compact construction of the speed controller is needed to obtain a larger air flow in the air flow duct. For this purpose, various compact resisto |
| 6168515 |
Air conditioning intake door control |
January 2, 2001 |
| A vehicle air conditioning control system includes an actuator for controlling the position of an outside air intake door and an ambient exhaust gas sensor. A controller of the control system monitors a time rate of change of the degree of uncleanness periodically measured on the bas |
| 6167953 |
Heat exchanger tank |
January 2, 2001 |
| A cylindrical tank body is formed by folding a plate material which has a brazing filler metal layer and is formed from aluminum clad. One end of the plate material is extended along the other end of the tank body, and the thus-extended portion is brazed to the end. |
| 6158325 |
Swash plate type variable displacement compressor |
December 12, 2000 |
| A swash plate type compressor has a rotating assembly of a drive shaft, a drive plate mounted on the drive shaft and a swash plate unit linked with the drive plate through a hinge mechanism. The drive plate has a circular disk portion and a hinge supporting portion projecting from the di |
| 6151893 |
Flexible tube for automobile exhaust systems |
November 28, 2000 |
| A flexible tube for an automobile exhaust system which has a bellow assembly to absorb the first exhaust pipe and the second exhaust pipe for the an exhaust system having a cylindrical outer cover (5) made of plate to cover the outer periphery of the bellows (3)1 the first collar (7') an |
| 6146110 |
Swash plate type compressor |
November 14, 2000 |
| A swash plate type compressor for refrigerant in a refrigeration cycle of an air conditioning system for an automotive vehicle. The compressor comprises a cylinder block having a plurality of cylinder bores. A plurality of pistons are provided to be respectively fitted in the cylinde |
| 6125643 |
Heat pump type air conditioning system for automotive vehicle |
October 3, 2000 |
| A heat pump type air conditioning system (A) for an automotive vehicle. The heat type air conditioning system (A) comprises a first unit (10) including a heater core (11) through which an engine coolant of an engine flows, and a first heat exchanger (12) which forms part of a refrigerati |
| 6120259 |
Swash plate type compressor |
September 19, 2000 |
| A swash plate type compressor comprises a case including a cylindrical cylinder block; a drive shaft installed in the case and rotatable about its axis; a swash plate carried by the drive shaft s and rotatable together therewith; a cylindrical rear housing having refrigerant intake a |
| 6109085 |
Forming apparatus using a pair of rollers |
August 29, 2000 |
| The forming apparatus including: at least one forming roller; a roller shaft, on which the forming roller is attached; a pair of mutually spaced apart bearing stands, on each of which the roller shaft is rotatably and axially supported; a first coupling arranged on the roller shaft to se |
| 6105666 |
Vehicular air conditioning apparatus |
August 22, 2000 |
| Described is an apparatus for air conditioning a passenger compartment of an automotive vehicle which achieves a quick warming-up of the passenger compartment. In the air conditioning apparatus, in addition to a coolant of a vehicular engine which is utilized as a heat source of a heater |
| 6097311 |
Warning device for distance between cars |
August 1, 2000 |
| A warning device for a distance between cars, for measuring a distance between a car and an object in front of the car, judging the possibility of danger on the basis of distance data thus obtained, and generating an alarm in the case where it is judged to be dangerous. The warning devic |
| 6095030 |
Swash plate variable displacement compressor |
August 1, 2000 |
| A swash plate type variable displacement compressor for refrigerant in a refrigeration cycle of an air conditioning system for an automotive vehicle. The compressor comprises a drive shaft around which a journal is movably disposed around so as to be rotatable with the drive shaft. The |
| 6082449 |
Oil cooler structure |
July 4, 2000 |
| A structure for mounting an oil cooler to a heat-exchanger tank is disclosed. A long-scale oil cooler is received in a heat-exchanger tank, and pipe portions are formed only on one side of the oil cooler so that the pipe portions are inserted respectively in pipe holes formed in the |
| 6080371 |
Catalytic converter and honeycomb metallic catalyst bed unit therefor |
June 27, 2000 |
| A plurality of corrugated sheet metal portions are put on one another to constitute a honeycomb metallic catalyst bed. Each sheet metal portion has a plurality of straight, parallel, alternate ridge and groove portions, so that when each upper sheet metal portion is properly put on a |
| 6052899 |
Condenser with liquid tank and manufacturing method the same |
April 25, 2000 |
| A casing forming a liquid tank is welded through coupling brackets to a first header pipe forming a condenser by brazing. This coupling brackets are smaller in thermal capacity than the casing and the first header pipe. |
| 6049981 |
Method for manufacturing a header pipe |
April 18, 2000 |
| A flat plate is molded in such a manner that a pair of semidivided cylindrical portions are arranged in parallel to each other with an arc-shaped connecting portion between them. Tube insertion holes are formed in one of the pair of semidivided cylindrical portions. Then, the connect |
| 6048263 |
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit for automotive vehicles |
April 11, 2000 |
| An automobile heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit comprises a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning case permitting the flow of interior air, an evaporator core disposed in the case for taking heat from the interior air to produce cool air, a heater core disposed |
| 6032723 |
Automotive air conditioning device |
March 7, 2000 |
| Four air flow control doors of an automotive air conditioning device are synchronously controlled by a link mechanism. With a unique construction of the link mechanism, the following advantageous results are obtained. In a ventilation mode of a maximum cool condition, sufficient amount o |
| 6029348 |
Oil cooler mounting structure and oil cooler mounting method |
February 29, 2000 |
| An oil cooler mounting structure includes: a heat exchanger tank main body that is made of aluminum and has an oil cooler mounting hole in a wall surface thereof; an oil cooler that is made of aluminum, has an insertion hole for an oil introducing/discharging pipe formed in a seat portio |
| 6016843 |
Flanged pipe unit and method of producing same |
January 25, 2000 |
| To produce a flanged pipe unit, a separate flange is put on a pipe and then the pipe is subjected to a punching to achieve an interlocked connection between the flange and the pipe. The flanged pipe unit produced by the method of the invention comprises a metal pipe including a larger ex |
| 6009934 |
Electronic climate control system for automotive vehicles |
January 4, 2000 |
| An electronic climate control system for an automotive vehicle comprises a by-pass passage for delivering cool air flowing through an evaporator core directly to discharged-air ventilators, a by-pass door provided at a communication inlet of the by-pass passage for adjusting a flow rate |
| 6007300 |
Centrifugal multiblade fan |
December 28, 1999 |
| A centrifugal multiblade fan comprises a plurality of curved blades which are circularly arranged about a common rotation axis at evenly spaced intervals defining a curved air flow passage between every neighboring blades. Each curved blade has concave front and convex rear surfaces whic |
| 5996369 |
Air conditioner with sub-condenser |
December 7, 1999 |
| In a heating system having a refrigerating circuit accompanied with a sub-condenser, an air conditioner with the sub-condenser is designed with simplified piping structure and easy piping work. The system can be easily installed to an electric car and other vehicles. One block 11 is prov |
| 5996205 |
Method for manufacturing a pipe with a partition |
December 7, 1999 |
| In the method for manufacturing a pipe with a partition, a flat plate is molded such that a pair of semidivided cylindrical portions are arranged in parallel to each other through a connecting portion, a U-shaped partition forming portion is so formed in the pair of semidivided cylin |
| 5975191 |
Vehicle air conditioner |
November 2, 1999 |
| A dual type vehicle air conditioning system has a rear air conditioning system for rear seats and a front air conditioning system for front seats. The rear conditioning system has a rear conditioner unit defining a main air passage for directing inside air through an evaporator and a con |
| 5968171 |
Initialization processing system of in-car microcomputer |
October 19, 1999 |
| An external interrupt port is installed for writing a password into a random access memory by monitoring low voltage with an interrupt when a battery is turned off and on instantaneously and performing ignition off processing. During Random access memory initialization the system disable |
| 5967193 |
Flexible pipe unit for use in exhaust pipe line of automotive engine |
October 19, 1999 |
| A flexible pipe unit for an exhaust pipe line of an internal combustion engine comprises a metal bellows which has a front open end adapted to be connected to a first exhaust pipe and a rear open end adapted to be connected to a second exhaust pipe. A cylindrical outer case of metal is |
| 5960542 |
Method of producing piston for swash plate compressor |
October 5, 1999 |
| In order to produce a single headed piston for a swash plate compressor, the following steps are used. First, a shaped block of metal is cast, the block including a plurality of unfinished piston structures which are aligned and integrated, each unfinished piston structure including a he |
| 5941304 |
Connector for heat exchanger |
August 24, 1999 |
| A heat exchanger includes at least one elongate header of metal, a plurality of refrigerant flow tubes each having one open end exposed to the interior of the header and a plurality of heat radiation fins extending along the tubes. A connector of metal is brazed to the header to prov |
| 5937939 |
Joint portion of heat exchanger |
August 17, 1999 |
| A second tubular portion, having a closed distal end, is formed at an inner surface of a connector block constituting the joint portion. A threaded hole, which is open to an outer surface of the connector block, is formed in the tubular portion. A bolt is threaded into the threaded hole |
| 5937938 |
Oil cooler mounting structure and oil cooler mounting method |
August 17, 1999 |
| An oil cooler mounting structure includes: a heat exchanger tank main body that is made of aluminum and has an oil cooler mounting hole in a wall surface thereof; an oil cooler that is made of aluminum, has an insertion hole for an oil introducing/discharging pipe formed in a seat portio |
| 5927397 |
Pipe with closure portion, heat exchanger header and method of producing therefor |
July 27, 1999 |
| In the end-closed pipe of the invention, a pair of half-cylindrical portions are opposed to each other to form a pipe portion, and part of an end portion of each of the half-cylindrical portions is folded or formed into a V-shaped or a U-shaped cross-section to form a half closure portio |
| 5924481 |
Cooling device for electronic component |
July 20, 1999 |
| A header tank for accommodating refrigerant is formed on one side of the cold plate, on the other side of which an electronic component is mounted. A plurality of loop pipes in which the refrigerant is circulated are connected with the header tank. The plurality of loop pipes are arrange |
| 5924457 |
Pipe and method for producing the same |
July 20, 1999 |
| In a pipe in which a plate material is formed into a cylindrical shape, and a one-side edge portion and the other-side edge portion are joined to each other to thereby form a pipe body, a fitting convex portion is integrally formed on the one-side edge portion of the pipe body, and a fit |
| 5924332 |
Damper door controller for automotive air conditioner |
July 20, 1999 |
| A damper door controller is provided for remotely controlling damper doors of a cooler/heater unit of an automotive air conditioner. The controller comprises a knob holder; at least one rotary knob rotatably connected to the knob holder; a pinion coaxially connected to the rotary knob to |
| 5915677 |
Circular plate spring |
June 29, 1999 |
| A circular plate spring for use in a flexible pipe unit comprises an annular base portion constructed of a spring metal plate and a plurality of equally spaced resilient support portions integral with the annular base portion. The resilient support portions are raised from the annular |
| 5911274 |
Joint portion of heat exchanger |
June 15, 1999 |
| A second tubular portion, having a closed distal end, is formed at an inner surface of a connector block constituting the joint portion. A threaded hole, which is open to an outer surface of the connector block, is formed in the tubular portion. A bolt is threaded into the threaded hole |
| 5910157 |
Automotive air conditioning system |
June 8, 1999 |
| An air conditioning system for a motor vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine has a first system for carrying out a first cycle, which includes a compressor driven by the engine, a main condenser, a first sub-condenser and an evaporator which are connected through pipes to form |
| 5909903 |
Coupling structure for coupling two pipes |
June 8, 1999 |
| For coupling first and second metal pipes, a coupling structure is provided which comprises a first diametrically angled end portion of the first metal pipe and a second diametrically enlarged end portion of the second metal pipe. The second enlarged end portion is mated with the first |
| 5908154 |
Air conditioning apparatus in an air conditioning system for use in a vehicle |
June 1, 1999 |
| In the air conditioning apparatus, the air conditioning amplifier unit e is connected to the plurality of door actuators through a single communication line and a single power source line, and also there is provided a fan motor maximum voltage limit control means which not only can c |
| 5904293 |
Air mix controller of automobile air conditioner |
May 18, 1999 |
| Control parameter (target opening) Xm is stored in a memory and the Xm value stored in the memory is used instead of a PBR value to calculate a deviation S value by a conventional control system. Change amount .DELTA.Xm of a first-order lag is found in response to the S value and the |
| 5902180 |
Vehicle air-conditioning system |
May 11, 1999 |
| A vehicle air-conditioning system includes an air-conditioning amplifier unit being connected to a plurality of door actuators through one communication and one power line; and the air-conditioning amplifier unit having first door-operation self-diagnostic means which sends to the door |
| 5901988 |
Structure for coupling pipe with breeches pipe |
May 11, 1999 |
| A coupling structure between a cylindrically united end portion of a breeches pipe and a cylindrical end portion of a tubular pipe. The cylindrically united end portion has at diametrically opposed portions thereof respective grooves each extending axially from a circular end of the |
| 5901573 |
Condenser structure with liquid tank |
May 11, 1999 |
| A connection block fixed to a condenser is firmly coupled with a mounting block fixed to a liquid tank by means of a bolt. In a state that those are firmly coupled, a supported part of the mounting block is put on a flat supporting face of the connection block. In this state, the refrige |
| 5899086 |
Heat pump type air conditioning system for automotive vehicle |
May 4, 1999 |
| A heat pump type air conditioning system (A) for air-conditioning a passenger compartment of an automotive vehicle. The air conditioning system comprises first and second units (10, 20). The first unit includes a heater core (12) and a first evaporator (13) while the second unit incl |
| 5897298 |
Variable displacement swash plate type compressor with supporting plate for the piston rods |
April 27, 1999 |
| A variable displacement swash plate type compressor has a plurality of cylinders circumferentially arranged in a casing thereof. It includes a device for achieving a smooth axial movement of each piston in the cylinder while suppressing a rotational movement of the piston about an ax |
