Sliding member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022017837-A1
Application number	US-202117376684-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 15, 2021
Priority date	Jul 20, 2020
Publication date	Jan 20, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

One aspect of the disclosure relates to a sliding member. The sliding member includes: a first sliding portion having a first lubricant placed between first parts of a first friction sliding mechanism; and a second sliding portion having a second lubricant placed between second parts of a second friction sliding mechanism. The first sliding portion has a lubricant feed port from which the first lubricant is fed, and the second sliding portion has no lubricant feed port from which the second lubricant is fed. The first lubricant contains base oil and an additive. The second lubricant contains base oil and an additive containing conductive carbon. The second lubricant contains a relatively larger amount of conductive carbon than the first lubricant.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A sliding member, comprising:
a first sliding portion that has a first friction sliding mechanism having at least two first parts and that has a first lubricant placed between the first parts; and a second sliding portion that has a second friction sliding mechanism having at least two second parts and that has a second lubricant placed between the second parts, wherein: the first sliding portion has a lubricant feed port from which the first lubricant is fed; the second sliding portion has no lubricant feed port from which the second lubricant is fed; the first lubricant contains first base oil and a first additive; the second lubricant contains second base oil and a second additive containing conductive carbon; and the second lubricant contains a relatively larger amount of the conductive carbon than the first lubricant.

2 . The sliding member according to claim 1 , wherein the first lubricant does not contain the conductive carbon.

3 . The sliding member according to claim 1 , wherein the first lubricant contains 0.1 to 10 mass % of the conductive carbon based on total mass of the first lubricant.

4 . The sliding member according to claim 3 , wherein the first lubricant contains 0.5 to 8 mass % of the conductive carbon based on the total mass of the first lubricant.

5 . The sliding member according to claim 4 , wherein the first lubricant contains 2 to 8 mass % of the conductive carbon based on the total mass of the first lubricant.

6 . The sliding member according to claim 1 , wherein the first lubricant contains 0.01 to 2 mass % of the conductive carbon based on total mass of the first lubricant.

7 . The sliding member according to claim 6 , wherein the first lubricant contains 0.01 to 0.5 mass % of the conductive carbon based on the total mass of the first lubricant.

8 . The sliding member according to claim 7 , wherein the first lubricant contains 0.01 to 0.1 mass % of the conductive carbon based on the total mass of the first lubricant.

9 . The sliding member according to claim 1 , wherein the second lubricant contains 0.1 to 15 mass % of the conductive carbon based on total mass of the second lubricant.

10 . The sliding member according to claim 9 , wherein the second lubricant contains 0.5 to 10 mass % of the conductive carbon based on the total mass of the second lubricant.

11 . The sliding member according to claim 10 , wherein the second lubricant contains 2 to 8 mass % of the conductive carbon based on the total mass of the second lubricant.

12 . The sliding member according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive carbon is selected from the group consisting of carbon black, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanohorns, carbon nanofibers, graphene, and graphite.

13 . The sliding member according to claim 1 , wherein the second lubricant further contains polytetrafluoroethylene as the second additive.

14 . The sliding member according to claim 1 , wherein the first lubricant and the second lubricant further contain a thickener and are in a form of a grease composition.

15 . The sliding member according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding member is a sliding member for an automobile.

16 . The sliding member according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding member is a propeller shaft.

17 . The sliding member according to claim 15 , wherein the sliding member is a front suspension system.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd
• Kyodo Yushi

Inventors

• Sudo Junichi
• Kanehara Youji
• Yamada Koushi
• Sakurai Kenichiro
• Tanimura Ko
• Komoriya Tomonobu

Classifications

• F16C2326/10

  Railway vehicles · CPC title

• F16C2326/06

  Drive shafts · CPC title

• F16C2326/05

  Vehicle suspensions, e.g. bearings, pivots or connecting rods used therein · CPC title

• F16C2240/48

  Particle sizes · CPC title

• F16C2210/04

  by viscosity · CPC title