Patent ID: 6943137

Claim:
A sliding member made of a composition comprising 10-50% by we ht of carbon fibers and 2-30% by weight of at least a thermoplastic elastomer selected from the group consisting of olefinic elastomer, styrenic elastomers, polyester elastomers, polyvinyl chloride elastomer, urethane elastomers and polyamide elastomers, the balance being substantially a polyphenylene sulfide resin, at least in a sliding surface portion, said olefinic elastomer being at least one selected from the group consisting of polyisobutylene elastomers, ethylene-propylene copolymers, ethylene-propylene-unconjugated diene copolymers, ethylene-butene-1 copolymers, ethylene-propylene-butene-1 copolymers, ethylene-hexene-1 copolymers, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, ethylene-acrylic acid copolymers, ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymers, ethylene-glycidyl acrylate copolymers, ethylene-glycidyl methacrylate copolymers, ethylene-vinyl acetate-glycidyl methacrylate copolymers, ethylene-maleic acid copolymers and ethylene-maleic anhydride copolymers.