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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1993
Tadashi Tanaka, Konan, JP;
Masaaki Sakamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Koichi Yamamoto, Komaki, JP;
Tsukimitsu Higuchi, Gifu, JP;
Daido Metal Co., Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A copper-alloy slide bearing for a low-rigidity housing having a three-layer structure of a steel back-metal, a copper-alloy layer and an overlay, the back metal containing 0.03 to 0.26% by weight of carbon. During the production of the slide bearing, a bimetal is prepared in such a manner that a back-metal portion is rolled at a total rolling reduction of 10 to 35%, and the resultant bimetal is heat-treated at a relatively low temperature, so that the slide bearing includes a back metal having a 0.01% elastic limit of not less than 300 N/mm.sup.2. When the copper-alloy slide bearing is used in a low-rigidity housing of an internal combustion engine, the slide bearing is capable of more excellently following the deformation of the housing, as well as capable of providing more excellent intimate contact and more excellent fretting resistance, than a conventional multi-layer slide bearing.