ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,113, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to EAGLE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Sliding component" was invented by Tadatsugu Imura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An annular sliding component disposed at a relative rotation point of a rotating machine, includes a plurality of positive pressure generation grooves arranged side by side in a circumferential direction on a sliding surface of the sliding component. The positive pressure generation grooves are configured for generating positive pressure by a sealing target fluid on the sealing target fluid side being introduced during the relative rotation of the sliding component and a sl...