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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1991
Motonobu Onoda, Yono, JP;
Takeji Tsuchiya, Yono, JP;
Nippon Piston Ring Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A piston ring for use in an internal combustion engine. The piston ring includes a base body, a nitriding layer formed at an outer peripheral surface portion of the base body, and a composite Ni-B diffusion plating layer formed over the nitriding layer. The composite Ni-B diffusion plating layer has a thickness ranging from 0.5 to 20 micron meters. Since the nitriding layer is provided on at least the sliding surface of the piston ring, high durability of the piston ring can be attained because of the high wear resistivity of the nitriding layer. Further, since a Ni-Bi composite dispersion plating layer is formed over the nitriding layer, abnormal wearing due to scuffing is avoidable at an initial working phase because of the high scuffing resistance of the composite plating layer.