Patent ID: 6179571
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: F04B

Abstract:
A swash plate type compressor comprising:a case;a drive shaft installed in said case and rotatable about its axis;a drive plate fixed to said drive shaft to rotate therewith;a sleeve axially slidably disposed on said drive shaft;a journal pivotally mounted on said sleeve;a swash plate disposed on said journal to move therewith; anda transmission/hinge mechanism arranged between said drive plate and said journal to transmit the rotation of said drive shaft to said journal permitting the pivotal movement of said journal relative to said sleeve,wherein said transmission/hinge mechanism includes:a first arm connected to one of said drive plate and said journal, said first arm having an elongate through hole;two spaced second arms connected to the other of said drive plate and said journal and acting as leading and trailing arms when the selected one of said drive plate and said journal rotates in a normal direction, said second arms being so spaced as to closely accommodate therebetween said first arm, said second arms having cylindrical bores which are aligned; anda pin including a middle portion slidably received in said elongate through hole and axially opposed end portions press-fitted in the cylindrical bores of said second arms, the press-fitting of the pin with the cylindrical bore of the leading one of said second arms being substantially stronger in connecting strength than that with the cylindrical bore of the trailing one of said second arms.