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US 6,883,416 B2Granted
Swash plate containment assembly
AssigneeHaldex Brake Corporation
InventorsRobert L. Koelzer, Michael R. Jenkins
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Abstract
A swash plate containment assembly for a compressor is disclosed generally comprising a housing, a drive shaft, a swash plate mounted on the drive shaft, and a gimbal arm connected to the housing and swash plate via rotatable joints. In certain embodiments, the joints are located approximately ninety degrees from each other. In some embodiments, the joints comprise a roller bearing and journal coupled thereto.
Claims27
A swash plate containment assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- a drive shaft disposed in said housing;
- a swash plate mounted on said drive shaft;
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- an arcuate gimbal arm having a first end connected to said swash plate via a first rotatable joint and a second end connected to said housing via a second rotatable joint.
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A swash plate containment assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- a cylinder block connected to said housing, which cylinder block has at least one bore therein;
- at least one piston disposed in said at least one bore and slidable therein;
- a drive shaft disposed in said housing and cylinder block;
- a swash plate mounted on said drive shaft;
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- an arcuate gimbal arm having a first end connected to said swash plate via a first rotatable joint and a second end connected to said housing via a second rotatable joint.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.