Patent ID: 7406912

Claim:
A swash plate compressor comprising: a housing having a cylinder bore formed therein; a drive shaft rotatably supported by the housing; a swash plate operatively coupled to the drive shaft for rotation with the drive shaft; a piston accommodated in the cylinder bore for reciprocating movement; first and second spaced shoes fitted to the piston on a side adjacent to the cylinder bore and on a side away from the cylinder bore, respectively, for coupling the piston to the swash plate; a rolling body mounted on the swash plate through a bearing and in slide contact with the first shoe, wherein a surface of the rolling body in slide contact with the first shoe or a surface of the first shoe in slide contact with the rolling body has a diamond-like carbon film formed thereon, and wherein a surface of the rolling body in rolling contact with the bearing exposes a base material of the rolling body.