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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd., Toyota, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428653 ; 148415 ; 148416 ; 148417 ;
Abstract
An aluminum base bearing alloy having outstanding seizure resistance, particularly under high loads, and having good fatigue resistance and wear resistance is provided. The alloy comprises, in addition to aluminum, 5-11 wt. % Si and 1.5-35 wt. % Sn and contains at least 5 nodular Si particles having a diameter of at least 5 .mu.m per 3.56.times.10.sup.-2 (mm).sup.2 of cross-sectional area of the alloy. The bearing alloy may optionally contain at least one additional element selected from Pb, In, Tl, Cd, Bi, Cu, Mg, Cr and Mn. A bearing material is provided by pressure welding the aluminum base bearing alloy to a backing steel sheet.