US Patent Issued to Hitachi Construction Machinery on Dec. 9 for "Sliding component and method for manufacturing same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,726, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Sliding component and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Hatsuhiko Usami (Nagoya, Japan), Hideki Akita (Tsuchiura, Japan), Shuichi Kobayashi (Tsuchiura, Japan), Shigeyuki Sakurai (Tsuchiura, Japan) and Wataru Minami (Tsuchiura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a sliding component having a low coefficient of friction and capable of exerting stable sliding characteristics from the initial stage of sliding, and a manufacturing method capable of easily manufacturing the sliding component. A sliding component (1) includes an...