ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,292, issued on July 1, was assigned to DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD. (Aichi, Japan).
"Sliding member and method for producing the same" was invented by Masahiro Nakai (Aichi, Japan) and Ryo Asaba (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding member includes a substrate containing Fe as a main component and an alloy layer overlaid on the substrate and composed of a Cu-base alloy containing 6 to 12% by mass of Ni and 3 to 9% by mass of Sn. The alloy layer has a body layer and an intermediate layer. The body layer is formed of the Cu-base alloy, while the intermediate layer is composed of an alloy containing Ni, Sn, and Cu which are ...