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US 9,500,228 B2Granted
Sliding member and sliding bearing
AssigneeTaiho Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorHitoshi Wada
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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.
Claims2
A sliding member comprising:
- a base layer comprising soft particles made of a soft material deposited in a matrix;
- and
- a soft layer made of the soft material,
- wherein the soft material is softer than the matrix,
- wherein the soft layer is formed on a surface of base layer, and
- wherein the soft layer comprises an epitaxial growth portion that is comprises epitaxially grown from the soft particles, wherein the matrix is made of Cu alloy;
- and the soft material is Bi.
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A sliding bearing comprising:
- a base layer comprising soft particles made of a soft material deposited in a matrix;
- and
- a soft layer made of the soft material,
- wherein the soft material is softer than the matrix,
- wherein the soft layer is formed on a surface of the base layer, and
- wherein the soft layer comprises an epitaxial growth portion that comprises epitaxially grown soft particles, wherein the matrix is made of Cu alloy;
- and the soft material is Bi.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.