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  • Copper alloy and sliding bearing having improved seizure resistance
    Patent number: 6254701
    Abstract: A sliding bearing having improved seizure resistance has the following structure. (a) A bearing layer (2). It comprises a copper alloy containing in a Cu matrix Ag, Sn, Sb, In, Mn, Fe, Bi, Zn, Ni and/or Cr. (b) A fisrst sub-layer (3) of the bearing layer (2). It (3) contains concentrated element, hexagonal compound or eutectic of said element(s). (c) A second sub-layer (2a) in which said element in essential solid-solution state. (d) Metal backing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyuki Oshiro, Takashi Tomikawa, Soji Kamiya, Katuyuki Hashizume