US Patent Issued to Nissan Motor, Fukuda Metal Foil & Powder on March 17 for "Sliding member and internal combustion engine provided with sliding member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,643, issued on March 17, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan) and Fukuda Metal Foil & Powder Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Sliding member and internal combustion engine provided with sliding member" was invented by Yoshinori Izawa (Kanagawa, Japan) and Katsunori Otobe (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding member includes at least one surface having a particle aggregate of base material particles and hard particles. The hard particles are iron-based alloy particles containing molybdenum silicide in an amount of 35% to 90% by area. The sliding member has a wear resistance equivalent to that of a sliding...