Patent ID: 8082746
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: B60H,F25B

Abstract:
1. A refrigeration cycle device for a vehicle, comprising: a refrigerant cycle in which a weak-inflammability refrigerant that does not ignite at a high-temperature heat source mounted in an engine compartment of the vehicle in a refrigerant single state is circulated, the refrigerant cycle including at least a compressor configured to compress the refrigerant and to discharge the compressed refrigerant so as to cause the refrigerant to be circulated in the refrigerant cycle; and a control device configured to control operation of the compressor, wherein the compressor comprises the compressor is a variable displacement compressor in which a discharge capacity per one rotation is changeable between a minimum discharge capacity and a maximum discharge capacity, and the control device causes the compressor to set at the minimum discharge capacity in a vehicle collision.