Patent ID: 7980167

Claim:
An axial piston compressor for a motor vehicle air-conditioning system or other use, said compressor comprising: a drive shaft; tilt plate arranged to be variable in terms of an inclination thereof with respect to said drive shaft, said drive shaft being operative to drive said tilt plate in rotation; at least one supporting element arranged at a spacing from said drive shaft and rotating together therewith, said tilt plate being connected to said at least one supporting element by being in articulated or other connection therewith; a force transmission element which rotates together with said drive shaft and is fixed in the drive shaft in an approximately radial direction, said supporting element being arranged at a radially outer end of said force transmission element and the supporting element is rotatable around a longitudinal axis of the force transmission element; a plurality of pistons, said pistons in each case having an articulated arrangement with which said tilt plate is in sliding engagement, wherein said force transmission element is in a connection selected from the group consisting of rotatable articulated connection, radially displaceable articulated connection, and rotatable and radially displaceable articulated connection with said supporting element; and said supporting element and said force transmission element form an approximately T-shaped gas force support means for transmission of gas forces transmitted by the pistons to the tilt plate further to the drive shaft.