IP Library Granted Patent US 12,276,338
Granted Patent B2
US 12,276,338 · App. 17/928,580 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Sliding component

Inventors: Yuta Negishi (Tokyo, JP); Ryosuke Uchiyama (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Inoue (Tokyo, JP); Minori Onuma (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiaki Takigahira (Tokyo, JP); Hikaru Katori (Tokyo, JP); Nobuo Nakahara (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Hosoe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
F16J15/3424F16J15/342
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Patent No.
US 12,276,338
App. No.
17/928,580
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An annular sliding component includes a sliding surface provided with a plurality of fluid introduction grooves communicating with a space on the side of a sealing target fluid and introducing the sealing target fluid thereinto and a plurality of inclined grooves extending from a leakage side toward the sealing target fluid and generating a dynamic pressure and the sliding surface of the sliding component is provided with a reverse inclined groove which is provided on the side of the sealing target fluid of the inclined groove, extends in a reverse direction with respect to the inclined groove, and generates a dynamic pressure.

Claims (18)

1. A sliding component formed in an annular shape, the sliding component for being disposed at a relatively rotating position of a rotating machine and for sliding relative to a different sliding component, and comprising a sliding surface provided with a plurality of fluid introduction grooves communicating with a space on a sealing target fluid side and for introducing a sealing target fluid thereinto and a plurality of inclined grooves extending from a leakage side toward the sealing target fluid side and being for generating a dynamic pressure,

wherein the sliding surface of the sliding component is provided with a reverse inclined groove which is provided on the sealing target fluid side of the inclined groove, extends in a reverse direction with respect to the inclined groove, for generating a dynamic pressure,

the reverse inclined groove is for directly communicating with one end of one of the inclined grooves on the sealing target fluid side or not for communicating with each of the inclined grooves,

the reverse inclined groove does not communicate with the space on the sealing target fluid side, and

the reverse inclined groove has an extension length shorter than extension lengths of the inclined grooves.

2. The sliding component according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the inclined grooves is for communicating with a space on the leakage side.

3. The sliding component according to claim 1 ,

wherein an annular land portion which is continuous in a circumferential direction on the sealing target fluid side of the inclined groove is provided between the inclined grooves and the reverse inclined groove, and

a radial center of the annular land portion is disposed closer to the sealing target fluid side in relation to a radial center of the sliding surface.

4. The sliding component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reverse inclined groove is a groove of which an end portion on the sealing target fluid side is tapered.

5. The sliding component according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the fluid introduction grooves includes a dynamic pressure generation portion.

6. The sliding component according to claim 2 ,

wherein the reverse inclined groove is a groove of which an end portion on the sealing target fluid side is tapered.

7. The sliding component according to claim 2 ,

wherein each of the fluid introduction grooves includes a dynamic pressure generation portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2023
From: NEGISHI, YUTA; UCHIYAMA, RYOSUKE; INOUE, HIROKI; ONUMA, MINORI; TAKIGAHIRA, YOSHIAKI; KATORI, HIKARU; NAKAHARA, NOBUO; HOSOE, TAKESHI
To: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-095899 · Jun 2, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230235780A1 · Jul 27, 2023
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