F04B 27/18
By varying the relative positions of a swash plate and a cylinder
Official title: by varying the relative positions of a swash plate and a cylinder block
F04B27/18 (By varying the relative positions of a swash plate and a cylinder) appears on 710 US grants and 533 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Variable displacement swash plate type compressor23 Sep 2025US 12,421,948 B2Hanon Systems
- Variable displacement swash plate type compressor and control method16 Sep 2025US 12,416,302 B2Hanon Systems
- Valve26 Aug 2025US 12,398,822 B2Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Variable-displacement swash plate type compressor1 Jul 2025US 12,345,246 B2Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.
- Pressure actuated diaphragm pump20 Feb 2025US 2025/0059966 A1Maruyama Mfg.Co., Inc.
- Variable displacement swash plate type compressor control method and variable displacement swash plate type compressor controlled thereby29 Feb 2024US 2024/0068460 A1Hanon Systems
- Variable-displacement swash plate type compressor11 Jan 2024US 2024/0011480 A1Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.
- Valve11 Jan 2024US 2024/0011574 A1Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Valve14 Dec 2023US 2023/0400104 A1Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hybrid compressor and control method102US 6,230,507 B1Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho · 2001
- Variable displacement compressor control valve arrangement87US 4,428,718 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1984
- Control system for variable displacement compressor85US 4,037,993 ABorg-Warner Corporation · 1977
- Solenoid pressure transducer78US 6,116,269 AFasco Controls Corporation · 2000
- Control valve unit with independently operable valve mechanisms for variable displacement compressor77US 6,010,312 AKabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seiksakusho · 2000