ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,567, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to EAGLE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Sliding component" was invented by Iwa Ou (Tokyo), Tadatsugu Imura (Tokyo), Hiroshi Suzuki (Tokyo) and Yuichiro Tokunaga (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding component having an annular shape is disposed in a place where relative rotation is performed in a rotary machine, in which a plurality of dynamic pressure generating mechanisms are provided in a sliding surface of the sliding component, each including a deep groove portion that communicates with an outer diameter side, and at least one shallow groove portion that communicates with the deep groo...