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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2011
Masataka Kaido, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Suzuki, Okazaki, JP;
Masatsugu Shimomura, Sendai, JP;
Hiroshi Yabu, Sendai, JP;
Yuji Hirai, Sendai, JP;
Masataka Kaido, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Suzuki, Okazaki, JP;
Masatsugu Shimomura, Sendai, JP;
Hiroshi Yabu, Sendai, JP;
Yuji Hirai, Sendai, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tohoku University, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, JP;
Abstract
A slide member includes a substrate that is made of a metal material and has a sliding surface with a plurality of microdimples formed therein. Each of the microdimple has a circular opening, the microdimples are arranged in regular intervals in a hexagonal close-packed configuration, and the area ratio of the openings of all the microdimples to the entire sliding surface is in the range of 50 to 80%.