ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,671, issued on April 22, was assigned to EAGLE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Sliding component" was invented by Yuki Maetani (Tokyo) and Yoshiaki Takigahira (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a sliding component having a small starting torque during a start operation. In a sliding component which is disposed at a relatively rotating position of a rotating machine and slides relative to the other sliding component, the sliding component is provided with a storage space which is formed on a back surface side of a sliding surface of the sliding component and into which a fluid is introduced and a plurality of through-holes w...