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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:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2002
Applicants:
Toshiaki Kawachi, Nagoya, JP;
Hideo Ishikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Masaaki Sakamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Daido Metal Company Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C033/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a sliding member comprising a bearing alloy layer and an overlay layer bonded to the bearing alloy layer which overlay layer is made of Bi having a crystal grain density of 50 to 300 pieces/100 μm. The overlay layer may be made of a Bi-base alloy containing Cu or Ag. The sliding member further comprises a conforming layer provided on the overlay layer in a case where the overlay layer is made of the Bi-based alloy.