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US 7,128,981 B2Granted
Sliding member
AssigneeDaido Metal Company Ltd.
InventorsToshiaki Kawachi, Hideo Ishikawa, Masaaki Sakamoto
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Abstract
Disclosed is a sliding member including an overlay layer made of a Bi based alloy comprising Cu as an essential element and at least one element selected from the group of Sn and In, wherein the Bi based alloy comprises 0.1 to 10 mass % of Cu and 0.5 to 10 mass % in total of the at least one element selected from the group of Sn and In.
Claims4
A sliding member, comprising
- a bearing alloy layer and an overlay layer which is formed on the bearing layer, wherein:
- the overlay layer is made of a Bi based alloy comprising 0.1 to 10 mass % of Cu and 0.5 to 10 mass % in total of at least one element selected from the group of Sn and In;
- wherein the Bi based alloy of the overlay layer further comprises 0.1 to 20 mass % of Sb.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.