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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Inventor:
Hitoshi Wada, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 7/02 (2006.01); F16C 33/12 (2006.01); C30B 7/12 (2006.01); C30B 29/02 (2006.01); C22C 9/02 (2006.01); C22C 12/00 (2006.01); F16C 17/02 (2006.01); F16C 33/14 (2006.01); B32B 15/01 (2006.01); C30B 19/10 (2006.01); C30B 30/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/122 (2013.01); B32B 15/01 (2013.01); C22C 9/02 (2013.01); C22C 12/00 (2013.01); C30B 7/12 (2013.01); C30B 19/103 (2013.01); C30B 29/02 (2013.01); C30B 30/02 (2013.01); F16C 17/02 (2013.01); F16C 33/12 (2013.01); F16C 33/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a sliding member, comprised of a base layer including soft particles made of a soft material softer than a matrix and deposited in the matrix, and a soft layer made of the soft material formed on a surface of the base layer, wherein: the soft layer includes an epitaxial growth portion that is epitaxially grown from the soft particles.