US 12,281,671 B2
Sliding component
Yuki Maetani, Tokyo (JP); and Yoshiaki Takigahira, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/030,979
Filed by EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/037441
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/080278, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-172990 (JP), filed on Oct. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0375035 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. F16C 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 17/026 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.