ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,215, issued on May 19, was assigned to EAGLE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Sliding components" was invented by Minehiro Arai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are sliding components capable of obtaining a stable low-friction effect under a wide range of conditions of use. A sliding component has a relatively sliding surface. A base material of one of the sliding components is coated with a graphite film, and the sliding surface of the other of the sliding components is made of the graphite film."
The patent was filed on Nov. 2, 2020, under Application No. 17/772,499.
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