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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd., Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Hitoshi Wada, Toyota, JP;
TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a technique which can realize both of conformability and fatigue resistance. A sliding member and a slide bearing include a base layer and a coating layer provided on the base layer and having a sliding surface on which a counter material slides, and are characterized in that the coating layer is formed of a soft material which is softer than that for the base layer; and that, in the sliding surface, crystal grains of the soft material having an average grain diameter of 0.1 μm or more and 1 μm or less are aggregated into lumps, thereby forming aggregates having an average diameter of 3 μm or more and 30 μm or less.