Sliding components

Abstract

There are provided sliding components capable of enhancing lubrication. In sliding components of which a pair of sliding surfaces rotate relative to each other and which partition a sealed fluid space and a leakage space off from each other, the sliding surface is provided with a dynamic pressure generation groove and a fluid recovery groove including a pressure generation portion that is a circumferential end portion, a curved portion, or a bent portion on a downstream side in a relative rotation direction, and the fluid recovery groove includes a first groove portion overlapping the dynamic pressure generation groove in a radial direction on a leakage space side of the dynamic pressure generation groove, and a second groove portion overlapping the dynamic pressure generation groove in a circumferential direction on the downstream side of the dynamic pressure generation groove in the relative rotation.

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