Nissan Motor Company Limited

Moriyuki Nogami

Yutaka Mabuchi

Hidenobu Matsuyama

Yoshinori Izawa

Yoshitsugu Noshi

Junichi Arai

Hirohisa Shibayama

Koukichi Kamada

Naoya Tainaka

Akinobu Itou

Masatoshi Inoguchi

Misao Mogami

Masanao Harada

A film formation portion is formed on an annular edge portion along an opening portion () of an intake port () or an opening portion () of an exhaust port (). The cross section, along the radial direction of the intake port () or the exhaust port (), of the film formation portion, on which a metal film () is formed by spraying a raw material powder using a cold spray method, is formed in a groove shape that includes a flat bottom surface (G) and a pair of side surfaces (G) adjacent to the bottom surface.

Cylinder head blank and cylinder head manufacturing method

A sliding member of the present invention includes a coating on a base material. The coating contains hard metal particles and corrosion-resistant metal particles that have hardness lower than that of the hard metal particles. The hard metal particles contain particles that have at least Vickers hardness of 600 Hv or higher. The corrosion-resistant metal particles are made of at least one kind of metal selected from the group consisting of copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), and nickel (Ni), or are made of an alloy containing said metal. The coating has a cross section in which the hard metal particles are dispersed in an island manner in a particle aggregate of the corrosion-resistant metal particles and in which an area ratio of the corrosion-resistant metal particles is 30% or larger. Thus, corrosion of the hard metal particles in the coating is prevented, whereby the sliding member maintains wear resistance for a long time.

Sliding member

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Kanagawa, Japan

Moriyuki Nogami