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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1975
Teruaki Inoshita, Toyota, JA;
Takashi Fukuda, Toyota, JA;
Hitoshi Toga, Toyota, JA;
Hikaru Takaoka, Kariya, JA;
Taihou Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, BOTH OF, JA;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho, BOTH OF, JA;
Abstract
A vehicle air conditioning compressor which is driven by e.g., the prime mover of the vehicle as required to cool the passenger compartment comprises a swash plate mounted on a rotatable shaft and a plurality of pistons, each being reciprocated by the rotating swash plate via a set of a ball and a shoe rotatably engaging with each other, wherein said compressor is provided for each piston with a shoe composed of a steel backing plate having a sintered porous layer integrally formed thereon of a powdered copper alloy comprising 2.5 - 12.1 wt.% Sn, 7.0 - 25.0 wt.% Pb and the balance being substantially copper, in a critical thickness ranging from 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm.