Patent ID: 6235413
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: F05C,F16C,F16H,F16J,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A slide surface construction formed of an aggregate of metal crystals, comprising a large number of truncated hexagonal pyramid-shaped metal crystals in a slide surface, the area rate A of said truncated hexagonal pyramid-shaped metal crystals being in a range of 40%.ltoreq.A.ltoreq.100%, a top face of each of said truncated hexagonal pyramid-shaped metal crystals comprising a plurality of flat face portions, with a step provided between adjacent ones of said flat face portions; andwherein each of said truncated hexagonal pyramid-shaped metal crystals is a (hhh) oriented metal crystal which has a body-centered cubic structure and whose (hhh) plane (by Miller indices) is oriented toward the slide surface.