Component having slide contact area of compressor
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
InventorsManabu Sugiura, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Takahiro Sugioka, Akira Onoda, Shino Okubo, Tomohiro Murakami
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Abstract
Lubricating films are formed on end surfaces of a swash plate, respectively. The lubricating films make slide contact with shoes, respectively. The lubricating films are made of a copper based material which contains bismuth but does not contain lead. A good slide contact characteristic may be obtained while restricting the amount of lead to be used.
Claims6
A component of a compressor, said component including a lubricating surface portion in a slide contact area, the lubricating surface portion being formed of a copper based material containing bismuth.
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