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US 2016/0252876 A1Published application
Sliding member, sliding device including sliding member, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus including sliding device
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaoyuki Koketsu, Tetsuo Hino, Kenji Takashima, Akiko Takei
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Abstract
To provide, between separated first sliding surfaces (DLC), a material of which frictional coefficient is higher than that of DLC at a temperature of 25° C. and a humidity of 45% as a second sliding surface.
Claims17
A sliding member provided with a sliding surface, wherein
- the sliding surface has a first sliding surface and a second sliding surface, the first sliding surface comprises diamond like carbon,
- the second sliding surface comprises a material of which frictional coefficient is higher than that of the diamond like carbon at a temperature of 25° C. and a humidity of 45%, and the frictional coefficient of the sliding member is 0.12 or less.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.