Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
185 words
A fluid pressure device of the axial plunger type comprising: a housing; a rotatable shaft within said housing; a rotatable cylinder block operatively connected to said shaft and provided with a plurality of longitudinal cylindrical bores therein; plungers slidably mounted, respectively, within said bores and including spherical outer end portions; a valve plate located in abutment with an end surface of said cylinder block and having a pair of ports which communicate successively with said bores as said cylinder block rotates; a swash plate pivotally supported upon said housing and having a slidable planar surface; and a plurality of plunger shoes associated with said spherical outer end portions of said plungers at spherical socket portions thereof and including slidable bearing surfaces adapted for engaging said slidable planar surface of said swash plate for causing said plungers to reciprocate, said shoes being formed of a light weight high tensile metal material and said slidable bearing surfaces of said shoes being formed of a high load-bearing alloy, wherein said high-load bearing alloy is applied to said slidable bearing surfaces of said shoe as a powder metallurgy material.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
185 words
A fluid pressure device of the axial plunger type comprising: a housing; a rotatable shaft within said housing; a rotatable cylinder block operatively connected to said shaft and provided with a plurality of longitudinal cylindrical bores therein; plungers slidably mounted, respectively, within said bores and including spherical outer end portions; a valve plate located in abutment with an end surface of said cylinder block and having a pair of ports which communicate successively with said bores as said cylinder block rotates; a swash plate pivotally supported upon said housing and having a slidable planar surface; and a plurality of plunger shoes associated with said spherical outer end portions of said plungers at spherical socket portions thereof and including slidable bearing surfaces adapted for engaging said slidable planar surface of said swash plate for causing said plungers to reciprocate, said shoes being formed of a light weight high tensile metal material and said slidable bearing surfaces of said shoes being formed of a high load-bearing alloy, wherein said high-load bearing alloy is applied to said slidable bearing surfaces of said shoe as a powder metallurgy material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
169 words
A fluid pressure device of tHe axial plunger type comprising: a housing; a rotatable shaft within said housing; a rotatable cylinder block operatively connected to said shaft and provided with a plurality of longitudinal cylindrical bores therein; plungers slidably mounted respectively, within said bores and including spherical outer end portions; a valve plate located in abutment with an end surface of said cylinder block and having a pair of ports which communicate successively with said bores as said cylinder block rotates; a swash plate pivotally supported upon said housing and having a slidable planar surface; and a plurality of plunger shoes associated with said spherical outer end portions of said plungers at spherical socket portions thereof and including slidable bearing surfaces adapted for engaging said slidable planar surface of said swash plate for causing said plungers to reciprocate, said shoes being formed of a light weight high tensile metal material and said slidable bearing surfaces of said shoes being formed of a high load-bearing alloy of aluminum and silicon.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
169 words
A fluid pressure device of tHe axial plunger type comprising: a housing; a rotatable shaft within said housing; a rotatable cylinder block operatively connected to said shaft and provided with a plurality of longitudinal cylindrical bores therein; plungers slidably mounted respectively, within said bores and including spherical outer end portions; a valve plate located in abutment with an end surface of said cylinder block and having a pair of ports which communicate successively with said bores as said cylinder block rotates; a swash plate pivotally supported upon said housing and having a slidable planar surface; and a plurality of plunger shoes associated with said spherical outer end portions of said plungers at spherical socket portions thereof and including slidable bearing surfaces adapted for engaging said slidable planar surface of said swash plate for causing said plungers to reciprocate, said shoes being formed of a light weight high tensile metal material and said slidable bearing surfaces of said shoes being formed of a high load-bearing alloy of aluminum and silicon.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A device as set forth in claim 2, wherein said alloy of aluminum and silicon contains respective amounts of aluminum and silicon in the approximate porportion of 92- 96: 4- 8.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A device as set forth in claim 2, where said slidable bearing surfaces of said shoes are made either of a copper alloy or a copper alloy of sintered material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A device as set forth in claim 4, wherein said copper alloy is either phosphor bronze or high-lead phosphor bronze.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A device as set forth in claim 5, wherein a layer of molybdenum is provided between said copper alloy and said light weight high tensile metal material.