EP1512926A3

Expansion device

Abstract

An expansion device 1 allows to cancel part of the refrigerant pressure by a pressure-cancelling structure. Due to the pressure on a valve-closing pressure-receiving surface 27, the elastic force of a spring 18 is reduced. The spring 18 has a small size. The expansion device 1 is compact. When a differential pressure is equal or higher than a predetermined value, a relief mechanism relieves refrigerant from the upstream side through a valve element 20 into a separate passage, to prevent an abnormal inside pressure rise.

EP1512926A3, drawing sheet 1 — Sheet 1 of 1

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP1167899A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	XY	Search report	1-4,17,25,32
JPH11257802A	Cites	Japan	XY	Search report	1-4,27,29,32
JPS54102627A	Cites	Japan	X	Search report	1-4,32,38
JPS54105327A	Cites	Japan	X	Search report	1-4,32
JPS55165460A	Cites	Japan	XY	Search report	1-4,32,38

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Document	Office	Kind	Date
2003315493	Japan	A	2003-09-08
2003315493	Japan	–	2003-09-08
2004070947	Japan	A	2004-03-12
2004070947	Japan	–	2004-03-12
2003315493	–	–	–
2004070947	–	–	–
JP20030315493	–	–	–
JP20040070947	–	–	–

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Document	Office	Kind
EP1512926A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2005-03-09
US2005050916A1	United States of America	A1	2005-03-10
JP2005106452A	Japan	A	2005-04-21
EP1512926A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2008-03-19

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	Event	Code
2010-02-10	Application deemed to be withdrawnWithdrawn18D	18D
2010-01-08	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWNSTAA	STAA
2009-04-22	First examination report despatched17Q	17Q
2008-11-26	Designation fees paidAKX	AKX
2008-10-29	Request for examination filed17P	17P
2008-03-19	Designated contracting statesAK	AK
2008-03-19	Request for extension of the european patentAX	AX
2008-02-15	Search report despatchedORIGINAL CODE: 0009013PUAL	PUAL
2005-03-09	Designated contracting statesAK	AK
2005-03-09	Request for extension of the european patentAX	AX
2005-01-21	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI	PUAI