Valeo Thermal Systems Japan Corporation

Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.

Keiichi Kanesugi

Tomoyasu Takahashi

Yoshihiro Adachi

This invention is to provide a piston-type compressor that assures optimal lubrication by supplying oil in plentiful quantity to a sliding portion in a cylinder block having cylinders formed therein, through which pistons slide reciprocally. A crankcase is defined by a cylinder blockhaving formed therein a plurality of cylindersthrough which pistons slide, and a housing mounted at the cylinder block, and as a shaft passing through the crankcase rotates, a swashplate disposed inside the crankcase is made to rotate, thereby engaging the pistons to reciprocally slide through the cylinders. At the cylinder block, an inbound oil guide passagehaving one end thereof made to open over an area at the end surface of the cylinder block facing the crankcase between adjacent cylindersand another end thereof connecting to a sliding portion inside the cylinder block.

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Saitama, Japan

Keiichi Kanesugi