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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masamichi Yamagiwa, Itami, JP;
Takao Nishioka, Itami, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/700 ;
Abstract
First and second sliding parts of a sliding mechanism slide relative to each other. The first sliding part is held in a recess of a metal holding member, which is bounded by an inner wall that meets an open end of the recess along an edge. The first sliding part has a first side surface portion that contacts the inner wall in the recess away from the edge, and a second side surface portion displaced inwardly away from the inner wall so as not to contact the holding member at the edge. By this structure, generation of stress concentration on the sliding part can be avoided.