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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshiaki Kawachi, Nagoya, JP;
Hideo Tsuji, Nagoya, JP;
Hideo Ishikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Takayuki Shibayama, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Daido Metal Company, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/306 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/306 ;
Abstract
A plain bearing comprising a back metal layer, a bearing alloy layer and an overlay which coats the bearing alloy layer. The overlay is made of a lead-free tin-base alloy which comprises from more than 2 wt % to 10 wt % Ag. The lead-free tin-base alloy may further comprise 0.1 wt % to 25 wt % of one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Cu, Sb, Zn and Ni.