Patent ID: 6250204
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: F04B

Abstract:
A compressor, comprising:a housing;a drive shaft;at least one piston coupled to said drive shaft and reciprocating within a cylinder block;a take-up plate connected to said at least one piston, and working in connection with a swash plate rotating around a rotational axis, wherein said swash plate is coupled to said drive shaft via a carrier, said take-up plate is coupled to said swash plate through a non-rotating bearing, and said take-up plate is movably mounted in said housing through a support device;said drive shaft being rotatably mounted in said housing through a fixed bearing disposed in said cylinder block;said support device including a projection projecting from said take-up plate; andsaid support device further including a support element having a first sliding surface, which works in combination with a first bearing surface of said thrust bearing, said support element being positively connected with said projection through a second sliding surface on said projection; wherein:said housing includes two housing sections each with a clamping shoulder, said cylinder block being clamped between said clamping shoulders; andsaid cylinder block has a rotating mounting flange with a height which is less than the height of said cylinder block, said mounting flange being clamped between said clamping shoulders.