MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517057095 A) filed by Fuji Kihan Co. Ltd., Aichi, Japan, on June 13, for 'surface treatment method for sliding members, and sliding member.'

Inventor(s) include Miyasaka Yoshio.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention involves forming a solid lubricant coating material having high adhesion strength on the surface of a sliding portion of a sliding member at low cost. Specifically, a molybdenum coating 30 is formed on the surface of a sliding portion 11 of a sliding member 10 by spraying, on the sliding portion 11 to...