Swash plate for compressor
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
InventorsManabu Sugiura, Takahiro Sugioka, Akira Onoda, Tomohiro Murakami, Shino Okubo
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Abstract
A compressor includes pistons, each of which is coupled to a swash plate through a pair of shoes. The swash plate rotates integrally with a drive shaft. The shoes convert the rotation of the swash plate to the reciprocation of the piston. A lubricating coating made of copper-based material is formed on parts of the swash plate along which the shoes slide. The copper-based material includes silicon. The shoes smoothly slide on the swash plate, which is coated by the lubricating coating that uses minimum amount of lead.
Claims11
A swash plate for a compressor, which includes a piston coupled to the swash plate through a pair of shoes, wherein the swash plate rotates integrally with a drive shaft, and the shoes slide on the piston and the swash plate, wherein the shoes convert the rotation of the swash plate to the reciprocation of the piston, wherein a lubricating coating made of copper-based material is formed on part of the swash plate along which the shoes slide, and wherein the copper-based material includes silicon.
A manufacturing method of a swash plate for a compressor comprising forming a lubricating coating made of copper-based material including silicon at part of the swash plate along which a shoe slides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.