ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,019, issued on March 17, was assigned to EAGLE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Sliding component" was invented by Kenta Akagami (Tokyo), Takuto Fukuhara (Tokyo) and Koshi Adachi (Miyagi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a sliding component capable of effectively retaining a fine wear product in a recessed strip portion. In a sliding component that is disposed at a location of relative rotation of a rotating machine and that slides relative to a counterpart sliding member, a recessed strip portion is formed on a sliding surface of the sliding component, and the recessed strip portion is provided with a step having a...