IP Library Granted Patent US 12,281,671
Granted Patent B2
US 12,281,671 · App. 18/030,979 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Sliding component

Inventors: Yuki Maetani (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiaki Takigahira (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
F16C17/026
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Patent No.
US 12,281,671
App. No.
18/030,979
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a sliding component having a small starting torque during a start operation. In a sliding component which is disposed at a relatively rotating position of a rotating machine and slides relative to the other sliding component, the sliding component is provided with a storage space which is formed on a back surface side of a sliding surface of the sliding component and into which a fluid is introduced and a plurality of through-holes which communicate with the storage space and have openings opened at the sliding surface on a side opposite to the storage space.

Claims (42)

1. A sliding component which is disposed at a relatively rotating position of a rotating machine and slides relative to an opponent component,

wherein the sliding component is provided with a storage space which is formed on a back surface side of a sliding surface of the sliding component and a plurality of through-holes which communicate with the storage space and have openings opened at the sliding surface on a side opposite to the storage space,

wherein the storage space communicates with a communication passage which is provided separately from the through-holes, and

wherein the communication passage communicates with a sealed fluid side space which is formed on an outer diameter side or an inner diameter side of the sliding component and in which the sealed fluid exists.

2. The sliding component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the storage space is formed in an annular shape to be continuous in a circumferential direction of the sliding component.

3. The sliding component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the storage space is a cavity in which a radial cross-section of the sliding component is continuous in a circumferential direction.

4. The sliding component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the through-hole extends in a linear shape.

5. The sliding component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the through-hole extends orthogonally to the sliding surface.

6. The sliding component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the opening on the sliding surface side of the through-hole is flush with the sliding surface.

7. The sliding component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sliding surface is provided with a dynamic pressure generation groove.

8. The sliding component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sliding component is a stationary side sliding component.

9. The sliding component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fluid is a sealed fluid.

10. The sliding component according to claim 2 ,

wherein the storage space is a cavity in which a radial cross-section of the sliding component is continuous in a circumferential direction.

11. The sliding component according to claim 2 ,

wherein the through-hole extends in a linear shape.

12. The sliding component according to claim 2 ,

wherein the through-hole extends orthogonally to the sliding surface.

13. The sliding component according to claim 2 ,

wherein the opening on the sliding surface side of the through-hole is flush with the sliding surface.

14. The sliding component according to claim 2 ,

wherein the sliding surface is provided with a dynamic pressure generation groove.

15. The sliding component according to claim 2 ,

wherein the sliding component is a stationary side sliding component.

16. The sliding component according to claim 2 ,

wherein the fluid is a sealed fluid.

17. The sliding component according to claim 3 ,

wherein the through-hole extends in a linear shape.

18. The sliding component according to claim 3 ,

wherein the through-hole extends orthogonally to the sliding surface.

19. The sliding component according to claim 3 ,

wherein the opening on the sliding surface side of the through-hole is flush with the sliding surface.

20. The sliding component according to claim 3 ,

wherein the sliding surface is provided with a dynamic pressure generation groove.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2023
From: MAETANI, YUKI; TAKIGAHIRA, YOSHIAKI
To: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064102/0899 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-172990 · Oct 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230375035A1 · Nov 23, 2023
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