Title:
RELATIVE MOTION MEMBER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017145872
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a relative motion member which has a plurality of members relatively moving, and which can control frictional resistance when the members move.SOLUTION: A relative motion member includes a first member made of an insulator, a second member relatively rotatable to the first member and made of an insulator, and a lubricant filled in a space between the first member and the second member. The lubricant includes an ER fluid, and in the space, one or a plurality of electrodes for forming an electric field including a vertical direction component with respect to a relative motion direction of the first member and the second member are respectively provided in the first member and the second member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
MORISHIGE KOICHI
NISHIOKA WATARU
TAKAHASHI KOHEI
NISHIOKA WATARU
TAKAHASHI KOHEI
Application Number:
JP2016027428A
Publication Date:
August 24, 2017
Filing Date:
February 16, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OILES INDUSTRY CO LTD
International Classes:
F16C33/10; B60G15/06; F16C17/10; F16N39/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2006168416A | 2006-06-29 | |||
| JPH1122723A | 1999-01-26 | |||
| JPH0324316A | 1991-02-01 | |||
| JP2000055089A | 2000-02-22 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Creation International Patent Office