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Method of making a swash plate type compressor piston whose head portion is formed by pore-free die-casting

US6438834B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 20, 2000
Grant dateAug 27, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 20, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49261
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of producing a piston for a swash plate type compressor including a head portion which is slidably fitted in a cylinder bore of the compressor, and an engaging section which engages a swash plate of the compressor, wherein a blank including a hollow cylindrical head section corresponding to the head portion and an engaging section corresponding to the engaging portion is formed by a pore-free die-casting method, such that the head section and the engaging section are formed integrally with each other at the closed end by the head section, and wherein a closing member is fixed to the hollow cylindrical head section so as to close its open end, for thereby providing the head portion of the piston.

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