Sliding member
    11.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11441600B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-13

    申请号:US17159590

    申请日:2021-01-27

    Abstract: Provided is a sliding member for a journal bearing. The sliding member includes a back-metal layer and a sliding layer, and has a partially cylindrical shape. The sliding layer includes a synthetic resin and has a sliding surface. The sliding layer has a linear expansion coefficient KS in a direction parallel to a circumferential direction of the sliding member, a linear expansion coefficient KJ in a direction parallel to a center axis direction of the sliding member, and a linear expansion coefficient KT in a direction perpendicular to the sliding surface, and the linear expansion coefficients KS, KJ, and KT satisfy the following relations (1) and (2): Relation (1): 1.1≤KS/KJ≤2; and Relation (2): 1.3≤KT/{(KS+KJ)/2}≤2.5.

    Sliding member
    12.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11215227B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-04

    申请号:US16931704

    申请日:2020-07-17

    Inventor: Masahiro Nakai

    Abstract: A sliding member includes a back-metal layer including an Fe alloy and a sliding layer including a copper alloy including 0.5 to 12 mass % of Sn and the balance of Cu and inevitable impurities. A cross-sectional structure of the sliding layer includes first copper alloy grains in contact with a bonding surface and second copper alloy grains not in contact with the bonding surface. The first and second grains have an average grain size D1 and D2 respectively. D1 is 30 to 80 μm; and D1/D2=0.1 to 0.3. In the cross-sectional structure, the second grains includes third grains that includes internal grains therein that are not in contact with a grain boundary of the third grains. A total area S1 of the third grains and a total area of the second copper alloy grains S2 satisfy: S0/S2=0.25 to 0.80.

    SLIDING MEMBER
    13.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210140475A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-13

    申请号:US17086816

    申请日:2020-11-02

    Abstract: A sliding member includes a back-metal layer and a sliding layer on the back-metal layer, and the sliding layer has a sliding surface. The sliding layer includes a synthetic resin and fibrous particles dispersed in the synthetic resin. A volume ratio of the fibrous particles in the sliding layer is 1 to 15%, and the fibrous particles are made of semi-graphite having a nano indenter hardness of 1000 to 5000 MPa. An average aspect ratio of the fibrous particles is not less than 5, where an aspect ratio is defined as a ratio of a major axis to a minor axis of the fibrous particle viewed from the sliding surface. An average grain size of the fibrous particles in cross-sectional view perpendicular to the sliding surface is 5 to 50 μm.

    SLIDING MEMBER
    14.
    发明申请
    SLIDING MEMBER 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20200309193A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16828563

    申请日:2020-03-24

    Abstract: A sliding member for a journal bearing is provided. A sliding layer includes fibrous particles dispersed in a synthetic resin, and has a sliding surface side region and an interface side region. The particles have an average particle size Dsur, axi and Dsur, cir respectively in an axial and circumferential cross-section in the sliding surface side region, and Dint, axi and Dint, cir respectively in axial and circumferential cross-sections in the interface side region. Dsur, axi and Dint, cir are 5-30 μm, and Dsur, cir and Dint, axi are 5 to 20% of respectively Dsur, axi and Dint, cir. A dispersion index of the particles having the major axis length of 20 μm or longer is 5 or more, both in the sliding surface side region in view of the axial cross-section and in the interface side region in view of the circumferential cross-section.

    HALF THRUST BEARING FOR CRANKSHAFT OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

    公开(公告)号:US20200256382A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-13

    申请号:US16734567

    申请日:2020-01-06

    Inventor: Shiho Goto

    Abstract: A half thrust bearing for a crankshaft includes a back metal layer defining a first surface and a second surface, and a bearing alloy layer on the first surface to form a slide surface, and thrust relieves formed adjacent to both circumferential end surfaces and having a thrust relief surface consisting of the bearing alloy layer. Each circumferential end surface of the back metal layer includes an exposed end surface adjacent to the second surface, and a transition surface adjacent to the first surface. The bearing alloy layer further includes an extension portion covering the transition surface and having extension end surface adjacent to the exposed end surface, the extension end surface and the exposed end surface extending at least partly in the same plane.

    Vertical bearing device
    16.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10601283B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-24

    申请号:US15901552

    申请日:2018-02-21

    Abstract: A cooling portion has an air inlet into which cooling air flows and is positioned in a preset range. When a distance from the upper to lower ends of an oil chamber in the axial direction of a rotating shaft member is h, and the shortest distance between an outer peripheral face of a casing and an inner peripheral face of a cover is a, the preset range is set in the following manner. Specifically, the preset range is set between ¼h upward and 5/4h downward relative to the upper end of the oil chamber as a reference point, in the axial direction of the rotating shaft member. Additionally, the preset range is set between the outer peripheral face of the casing and relative to the outer peripheral face of the casing as a reference point, in the radial direction of the rotating shaft member.

    Half thrust bearing
    17.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10408256B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US15986962

    申请日:2018-05-23

    Inventor: Shinichi Sakurai

    Abstract: A half thrust bearing includes a sliding surface for receiving an axial force of a crankshaft of an engine, and a rear surface on an opposite side thereto. The sliding surface includes a flat surface portion near a circumferentially central portion, and two inclined flat surface portions on both circumferential sides of the flat surface portion. The axial distance between the rear surface and the sliding surface is maximum at the flat surface portion. At any radial positions, the axial distance in each inclined flat surface portion is maximum on a circumferentially central portion side and is reduced toward a circumferential end portion of the half thrust bearing. Each inclined flat surface portion is arranged to form one constant thickness portion extending linearly from a radially inner end to a radially outer end at a circumferential angle of 45°.

    Guide roller for slide door of vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US10309139B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-04

    申请号:US16052855

    申请日:2018-08-02

    Abstract: Provided is a guide roller for a vehicular slide door. The guide roller has an annular metal inner ring; a retainer holding a bearing; an annular metal outer ring and a sliding layer including a synthetic resin. When the sliding layer is sectionalized into a sliding surface side area, an intermediate area and an interface side area, from the sliding surface to an interface with the outer ring, the synthetic resins in the sliding surface side area, the intermediate area and the interface side area have, respectively, a degree of crystallizations X1, X2 and X3 and nanoindenter hardnesses Y1, Y2 and Y3 wherein X2−X1 is less than 5%, and X2−X3 is less than 5% and wherein Y2 is not less than 115% of Y1, and Y2 is not less than 115% of Y3.

    MAIN BEARING FOR CRANKSHAFT OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

    公开(公告)号:US20190128325A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-02

    申请号:US16142345

    申请日:2018-09-26

    Abstract: A main bearing for a journal portion of a crankshaft includes a pair of upper and lower half bearings forming a cylindrical shape. Each half bearing includes a main cylindrical portion including a circumferentially central portion and having a slide surface, and crush reliefs formed on both circumferential sides of the slide surface. Only the upper half bearing includes an oil groove on its inner peripheral surface, and an oil hole pierced from the oil groove to an outer peripheral surface. The lower half bearing includes an axial groove on the slide surface that is arranged apart from the circumferentially central portion toward the forward side by a circumferential angle of 10° or more, and apart from the crush relief located on the forward side by a circumferential angle of 10° or more.

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