US4559249A
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Sliding member and a method for manufacturing the same
Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1983-10-20
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Granted: 1985-12-17
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Expires: 2003-10-20
Abstract
Abstract A sliding member is provided which comprises a base body made of a firmly entangled and collapsed metal fine wire, with the voids formed between the metal fine wires constituting the metal mesh being filled compactly with a heat resistant material, the sliding surface of the base body being formed into a smooth surface with either a lubricant that fills a number of small holes formed in the heat resistant material as well as covering the surface thereof or the lubricant and the metal fine wires being exposed. A manufacturing method of the same is also disclosed which basically comprises the steps of preparing a metal mesh as a reinforcing material, preparing a sheet-like heat resistant material with a plurality of small holes being formed through the thickness, applying a lubricant on the sheet-like heat resistant material in a given thickness so as to simultaneously fill the small holes, putting the sheet-like heat resistant material on the metal mesh to provide a laminate in which the lubricant is directed towards the sliding surface to be formed, convoluting the laminate about a cylindrical mandrel so as to represent a cylindrical preform and putting the preform in a metal die to axially compress it to provide the final product.
Inventors
- 👤 Hideto Arigaya
- 👤 Yoshihiro Katsui
- 👤 Kikuo Sumiyoshi
- 👤 Eiji Sato
- 👤 Kingo Miyasaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 05:29
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29D; B29D99/00; B29D99/0053; F; F16; F16C; F16C33/00; F16C33/02; F16C33/04; F16C33/28; F16J; F16J15/00; F16J15/02; F16J15/06; F16J15/10; F16J15/12; F16J15/121; F16J15/126; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/26; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S277/00; Y10S277/935; Y10S277/936; Y10S277/944; Y10S285/00; Y10S285/909; Y10S285/91; Y10S384/00; Y10S384/90; Y10S384/907; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1352; Y10T428/1355
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
A sliding member comprising a base body made of a firmly entangled and collapsed woven or knitted metal mesh formed of metal fine wires which are provided with voids formed between said metal fine wires, said voids being compactly filled with a heat resistant material, the sliding surface on the outer periphery of said base body being formed into a smooth surface with either a lubricant that fills a number of small holes formed in said heat resistant material as well as covering the surface thereof or with said lubricant and said metal fine wires being exposed on the outer periphery of said base body.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
105 words
A sliding member comprising a base body made of a firmly entangled and collapsed woven or knitted metal mesh formed of metal fine wires which are provided with voids formed between said metal fine wires, said voids being compactly filled with a heat resistant material, the sliding surface on the outer periphery of said base body being formed into a smooth surface with either a lubricant that fills a number of small holes formed in said heat resistant material as well as covering the surface thereof or with said lubricant and said metal fine wires being exposed on the outer periphery of said base body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The sliding member of claim 1 wherein said metal fine wires are made of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of austenitic or ferritic stainless steel, copper-nickel alloy, copper-nickel-zinc alloy, brass, beryllium copper and aluminum alloy.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The sliding member of claim 1 wherein said heat resistant material is made of at least one material selected from the group consisting of expanded graphite, mica and asbestos.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
11 words
The sliding member of claim 1 wherein said lubricants are polytetrafluoroethylene.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
223 words
A method for manufacturing a sliding member comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a metal mesh as a reinforcing material in a band-like or cylindrical sleeve form by weaving or knitting metal fine wires; (b) preparing a sheet-like heat resistant material having a definite thickness and formed with a number of small holes in the thickness thereof at given intervals; (c) applying on one of the surfaces of said sheet-like heat resistant material a lubricant in a given thickness and simultaneously filling said small holes of the same; (d) positioning said sheet-like heat resistant material applied with said lubricant on said metal mesh so as to result in a band-like laminate; (e) forming either a rectangular preform by laying said laminate on a pile of other similarly prepared band-like laminates so that said lubricant is directed towards the sliding surface, said other laminates each comprising another metal mesh with heat resistant material applied thereon, or a cylindrical preform by convoluting said band-like laminate itself around a suitable cylindrical material; (f) introducing said rectangular or cylindrical preform into a metal die, the cavity of which corresponds to the shape and dimension of a final product; and (g) applying pressure to said preform in the direction of said lamination or the axis of said convolution to compress and shape said preform into the final product.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
223 words
A method for manufacturing a sliding member comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a metal mesh as a reinforcing material in a band-like or cylindrical sleeve form by weaving or knitting metal fine wires; (b) preparing a sheet-like heat resistant material having a definite thickness and formed with a number of small holes in the thickness thereof at given intervals; (c) applying on one of the surfaces of said sheet-like heat resistant material a lubricant in a given thickness and simultaneously filling said small holes of the same; (d) positioning said sheet-like heat resistant material applied with said lubricant on said metal mesh so as to result in a band-like laminate; (e) forming either a rectangular preform by laying said laminate on a pile of other similarly prepared band-like laminates so that said lubricant is directed towards the sliding surface, said other laminates each comprising another metal mesh with heat resistant material applied thereon, or a cylindrical preform by convoluting said band-like laminate itself around a suitable cylindrical material; (f) introducing said rectangular or cylindrical preform into a metal die, the cavity of which corresponds to the shape and dimension of a final product; and (g) applying pressure to said preform in the direction of said lamination or the axis of said convolution to compress and shape said preform into the final product.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 5 wherein, in place of said cylindrical preform, a ring-shaped preform is used which is so constructed that said sheet-like heat resistant material is wound around said metal mesh sleeve, resulting in a cylindrical laminate with said laminate being folded back from one end.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
100 words
The method of claim 5 wherein said cylindrical preform is in the form of a first laminate which constitutes the outermost layer acting as a sliding surface, said first laminate including a sheet-like heat resistant material to which a lubricant is applied and a reinforcing material, and a second laminate to be disposed inside said first laminate, said second laminate including a second heat resistant material which is either merely positioned on a reinforcing material, or wherein said second heat resistant material and said reinforcing material are integrally combined together by the application of pressure to become a sheet-like laminate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 7 wherein said second heat resistant material is made of expanded graphite, mica or asbestos.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 5 wherein said metal mesh constituting said reinforcing material is made of a material selected from the group consisting of austenitic or ferritic stainless steel, copper-nickel alloy, copper-nickel-zinc alloy, brass, beryllium copper and aluminum alloy.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the force to compress said preform within said metal die is from about 2 to 5 t/cm 2 .
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 5 wherein said sheet-like heat resistant material is sheet-like expanded graphite and said lubricant is polytetrafluoroethylene.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
58 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the thickness of said sheet-like expanded graphite is from about 0.2 to 1.0 mm, and said small holes have respectively a diameter of from about 0.3 to 1.5 mm, whereby the total area of said small holes is from about 5 to 40% of the whole area of said sheet-like expanded graphite.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the thickness of said lubricant to be applied on said sheet-like heat resistant material is in order of from about 10 -2 to 10 -1 mm.
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