Patent ID: 7972118

Claim:
A variable capacity compressor comprising: a drive shaft; a rotating member fixed to the drive shaft and configured to rotate integrally with the drive shaft; a tilting member having a tilting guide hole formed with a pair of opposite tilting guide faces and tiltably attached to the drive shaft; a link mechanism configured to transfer a rotary torque of the rotating member to the tilting member allowing the tilting member to tilt; and a piston configured to reciprocate in response to rotation of the tilting member, wherein the link mechanism comprises: a pair of opposite arms extending from the rotating member toward the tilting member; a pair of opposite arms extending from the tilting member toward the rotating member; a link member having a first end that is inserted between the arms of the rotating member and a second end that is inserted between the arms of the tilting member, a first linking pin pivotally connecting the first end of the link member and the arms of the rotating member; and a second linking pin pivotally connecting the second end of the link member and the arms of the tilting member, wherein a first maximum inclination angle is a maximum angle of the first end of the link member between the pair of the arms of the rotating member in pre-assembled condition, a second maximum inclination angle is a maximum angle of the second end of the link member between the pair of the arm of the tilting member in pre-assembled condition, a third maximum inclination angle is a maximum angle of the first linking pin in a bearing clearance in a bearing hole for the first linking pin in pre-assembled condition, a fourth maximum inclination angle is a maximum angle of the second linking pin in a bearing clearance in a bearing hole for the second linking pin in pre-assembled condition, and a fifth maximum inclination angle is a maximum angle of the drive shaft between the pair of the opposite tilting guide surfaces in pre-assembled condition, and wherein each of the first maximum inclination angle and the second maximum inclination angle is larger than the fifth maximum inclination angle, and the fifth maximum inclination angle is larger than a sum of the third maximum inclination angle and the fourth maximum inclination angle.