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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Takahiro Hamada, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Kano, Yokohama, JP;
Yutaka Mabuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M 107/02 (2006.01); C10M 129/72 (2006.01); C10M 105/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a sliding member including a base body and a hard carbon coating formed on the base body to define a sliding surface for sliding contact with an opposing member under lubrication according to one embodiment of the present invention. The hard carbon coating has an outermost surface portion lower in hydrogen content than a remaining portion thereof, or an outermost coating layer lower in hydrogen content than at least one other coating layer.