A variable stroke high pressure pump is disclosed. The pump uses a wobble plate design with dynamically variable tilt to provide continuous adjustment of pump stroke length and output. Dynamically variable tilt is accomplished using a linearly actuated tilt thruster rotationally coupled to the drive shaft to maintain a selected tilt of the wobble plate through the rotation of the wobble plate.

A submersible pump assembly for transference of a fluid medium with low viscosity is disclosed. In one embodiment, the submersible pump assembly includes a cylinder block having cylinders and pistons. A drive shaft is rotatably supported in the cylinder block and coupled to a drive unit. An inclined leading plate is coupled to the pistons and the drive shaft such that the pistons are configured to be axially driven in a reciprocating motion within the cylinders upon rotation of the inclined leading plate. A suction chamber and a pressure chamber are each located in fluid communication with the cylinders. In one operational mode, the fluid medium is transferred from the suction chamber to the pressure chamber during the reciprocating motion of the pistons, when the pistons are active. In another operational mode, the fluid medium is circulated through the suction chamber.

There is provided a shoe for a compressor with improved seizure resistance. The shoe for the compressor includes: a first sliding face that slides on a piston; a second sliding face that slides on a swash plate; and a recess formed in the second sliding face. In a section along a height direction and scaled up 1000 times in the height direction and 10 times in a radial direction, a connecting portion between the second sliding face and the recess 53 is formed in a rounded shape with a radius R2 larger than 5 mm.

The present invention provides a method for producing a durable semispherical shoe which can be prevented from being subjected to seizure even in a dry lubrication state in which there is no lubricating oil at a start time of an operation of a swash plate compressor, can be restrained from deteriorating in its lubricating property due to generated frictional heat, and can be restrained from deteriorating in its strength at a production time and an injection molding die. A semispherical shoe (4), for a swash plate compressor, to be produced by the production method has a base material (5), consisting of a hard material, which has a hollow part along a central axis thereof and a resin layer, consisting of a resin composition, which is formed on a surface of a planar part, disposed on a periphery of the base member, which is to be subjected to sliding contact with the swash plate and on a surface of a spherical part, disposed on the periphery thereof, which is to be subjected to sliding contact with a piston. A resin-filled portion (8) where the resin composition is filled and an empty portion where the resin composition is not filled are formed in the hollow part of the base material. The resin-filled portion (8) and the resin layer are formed by injecting and filling the resin composition into a portion to be formed as the resin-filled portion (8) with the base material (5) being disposed inside a cavity (22) of the injection molding die.

A swash plate compressor in which a lubricating film is not formed on a sliding contact surface of the swash plate and the piston owing to the use of the semispherical shoe. The semispherical shoe (4) is subjected to sliding contact with the swash plate of the swash plate compressor and the piston thereof. A base material (5) consists of a metallic member having a resin layer (6b) formed on a surface of a planar part (4b) that is subjected to sliding contact with the swash plate. A resin layer (6a) is formed on a surface of a spherical part (4a) to be subjected to sliding contact with the piston. The resin layer (6a) and the resin layer (6b) are integral with each other. At least one portion of the base material (5) is exposed.

A swash plate compressor including rotor arms protruding from a rotor toward a swash plate and having rotor arm holes; swash plate arms protruding from the swash plate toward the rotor and having swash plate arm holes; and a link arm hingedly coupled to the rotor arms and the swash plate arms by link pins, in which the swash plate arms include a first swash plate arm positioned at a side in rotation direction of the shaft based on the link arm; and a second swash plate arm positioned at a side in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the shaft based on the link arm, and in which the first swash plate arm has higher wear resistance than the second swash plate arm.

A swash-plate-type variable displacement compressor is provided with a rotationally-driven drive shaft, a lug plate integrally fixed to the drive shaft, a swash plate fixed in a manner capable of being variably inclined to the drive shaft, a link mechanism for coupling the lug plate and the swash plate while permitting the variable inclination; and an actuator which is arranged between the lug plate and the swash plate and which uses pressure to change an inclination angle of the swash plate. The actuator has a cylindrical member which extends from a surface of the lug plate toward the swash plate, a bottomed cylindrical member fitted capable of being relatively displaceable to an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member, and a coil spring which is arranged in an inner space of the actuator, and which biases the bottomed cylindrical member in a direction which is away from the lug plate.

A swash plate compressor according to the present invention includes a first slide layer formed between a swash plate and shoes; and a second slide layer formed between cylinder bores and pistons. The first slide layer and the second slide layer each contain binder resin and solid lubricant. The first slide layer has a smaller contact angle of lubricating oil than the second slide layer.

There is provided a shoe for a compressor with improved seizure resistance. The shoe for the compressor includes: a first sliding face that slides on a piston; a second sliding face that slides on a swash plate; and a recess formed in the second sliding face. In a section along a height direction and scaled up 1000 times in the height direction and 10 times in a radial direction, a connecting portion between the second sliding face and the recess 53 is formed in a rounded shape with a radius R2 larger than 5 mm.

The drive unit has an effect of maintaining controllability and preventing a hunting problem caused under low flow conditions since it includes a friction ring module.