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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
May. 20, 2008
Applicants:
Hiroshi Ichiyanagi, Okazaki, JP;
Shigeki Iwanami, Okazaki, JP;
Sanemasa Kawabata, Kariya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03C 2/00 (2006.01); F03C 4/00 (2006.01); F04C 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A scroll compressor () comprising a thrust bearing () including a first sliding surface () and a second sliding surface () in opposed relation to the first sliding surface () is disclosed. The first sliding surface () is formed with a plurality of insular pressure-receiving portions () surrounded by grooves () and independent of each other. The part of the second sliding surface () in opposed relation to the pressure-receiving portions () is flat as compared with the first sliding surface (). The outermost front surface of the second sliding surface () is formed with a diamond-like carbon layer ().