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Sliding engine component

US9982715B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 7, 2014
Grant dateMay 29, 2018
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16C2240/60
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sliding engine component may include a sliding surface including a plastics polymer-based composite layer disposed on a substrate. The composite layer may include a matrix of plastics polymer-based material. The plastics polymer-based material may have 0.1 to 20 percent by volume of liquid-filled microcapsules distributed throughout the matrix, and incidental impurities.

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