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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1987
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hydraulically operated, swash-plate apparatus such as a hydraulically operated continuously variable transmission includes a cylinder block rotatably supported in a case and having a plurality of axial cylinders arranged in an annular pattern, plungers received respectively in the cylinders, and a swash plate supported in the case and slidably held against the free ends of the plungers through a shoe therebetween. The plungers are movable into and out of the respective cylinders by a stroke determined by the angle of inclination of the swash plate. The shoe having a body and a sliding surface disposed thereon and slidably held against the swash plate and made of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion different from that of the body of the shoe. The sliding surface becomes convex at a temperature upon operation of the apparatus.
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