ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,005, issued on March 24, was assigned to OILES Corp. (Tokyo).
"Resin composition for sliding member, and sliding member" was invented by Kohei Takahashi (Fujisawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a resin composition for sliding member and a sliding member having excellent moldability and sliding properties that contains plant-derived polyethylene resin as a main component. In the resin composition for sliding member, as additives, petroleum-derived polyethylene resin of 0.1 to 20% by mass, modified polyolefin resin of 0.1 to 10% by mass, lubricating oil of 0.5 to 5% by mass, and plant-derived fill...