US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on July 14 for "Sliding member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,049, issued on July 14, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sliding member" was invented by Shinnosuke Nakajima (Osaka, Japan), Makoto Nakabayashi (Osaka, Japan), Satoshi Maeda (Osaka, Japan) and Yugo Kubo (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding member according to the present disclosure contains, in a sliding layer, a synthetic resin, a solid lubricant, and an additive. The synthetic resin is a polyimide, a polyamide imide, a polybenzimidazole, a polyphenyl sulfone, a polyether sulfone, a polyether ether ketone, or a combination thereof. The solid lubricant is a polytetrafluoroethylene, ...