Patent ID: 7059344

Claim:
A variable displacement compressor comprising: a compression mechanism and a drive mechanism operable to activate said compression mechanism and in which said compression mechanism includes a discharge valve mechanism, said discharge valve mechanism being configured such that two discharge openings are formed in said compression mechanism and are placed in an open or closed state by a reed valve, and each of said discharge openings is formed at a respective location between a base end side and a leading end side of said reed valve, a first portion of said reed valve corresponding to one of said discharge openings on the leading end side has a bending strength set smaller than that of a second portion of said reed valve corresponding to another one of said discharge openings on the base end side, and said reed valve including a small-width part of smaller width dimension between said second portion corresponding to said discharge opening on the base end side and said first portion corresponding to said discharge opening on the leading end side.