Sliding structure for automotive engine

Details Sliding structure for automotive engine Sliding structure for automotive engine

2005-05-03

2005-05-03

McMahon, Marguerite (Department: 3747)

Internal-combustion engines

Particular piston and enclosing cylinder construction

Piston

C427S450000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06886521

ABSTRACT:
A sliding structure for an automotive engine includes a sliding member with a sliding portion and a lubricant applied to the sliding portion so that the sliding portion can make sliding contact with a counterpart member via the lubricant. The sliding member is either of a piston ring, a piston pin, a cam lobe, a cam journal, a plain bearing, a rotary vane and a timing chain. The sliding portion has a base made of a steel or aluminum material and a hard carbon film formed on the base to coat the sliding portion. The hard carbon film has a thickness of 0.3 to 2.0 μm, a Knoop hardness of 1500 to 4500 kg/mm2, a surface roughness Ry (μm) satisfying the following equation: Ry<{(0.75−Hk/8000)×h+0.07/0.8}, where h is the thickness (μm) of the film; and Hk is the Knoop hardness (kg/mm2) of the film.

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