ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,538, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to EAGLE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Sliding component" was invented by Sayaka Miyazaki (Tokyo), Hiroki Inoue (Tokyo), Yuta Negishi (Tokyo) and Yuki Maetani (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding component includes a plurality of dynamic pressure generation mechanisms circumferentially arranged on a sliding surface of the sliding component. Each dynamic pressure generation mechanism includes an introduction groove portion communicating with a sealing target fluid side through an opening portion of the introduction groove portion and a dynamic pressure generation groove portion communicati...