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US 10,465,139 B2Granted
Slide member, bicycle component using slide member, and fishing tackle component using slide member
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorTakamoto Asakawa
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Abstract
A slide member is provided with a base material and a slide layer. The slide layer is disposed on at least a portion of the base material. The slide layer contains a solid lubricant and a plurality of hard particles, the hard particles being harder than the solid lubricant.
Claims15
A slide member comprising:
- a base material;
- an intermediate layer disposed on a first outer surface of the base material;
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- a slide layer disposed on a second outer surface of the intermediate layer such that the slide layer is disposed on at least a portion of the base material,
- the slide layer having a thickness ranging from about 1 μm to about 15 μm and containing a first solid lubricant in an amount of 40.0 vol. % to 50.0 vol. %, inclusive, of an entirety of the slide layer, a plurality of hard particles, and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, copper, tin and zinc, the hard particles being harder than the first solid lubricant,
- the intermediate layer having a thickness ranging from about 1 μm to about 5 μm and containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, copper, tin and zinc, and
- a vol. % of a second solid lubricant in the intermediate layer being less than a vol. % of the first solid lubricant contained in the slide layer and less than or equal to 30 vol % of an entirety of the intermediate plated layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.