A rolling bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and a plurality of balls interposed between the inner ring and the outer ring. The inner ring and the outer ring are made of stainless steel. A raceway surface with which the ball is in rolling-contact in each of the inner ring and the outer ring and is a superfinished surface and a coating layer made of a solid lubricating film is formed on the superfinished surface.

A gas dynamic bearing includes a shaft extending along a central axis extending vertically, and a sleeve with a hole opening at least at one end of the sleeve in an axial direction, at least a portion of the shaft housed inside the hole. The sleeve includes dynamic pressure grooves in an inner peripheral surface of the hole. The shaft includes a core portion, and a protective portion that is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the core portion and that includes at least a portion facing the inner peripheral surface of the hole in a radial direction. The protective portion includes a first protective portion and a second protective portion. The first protective portion is at least above or below the second protective portion in the axial direction, and includes at least a portion with a thickness in the radial direction more than a thickness of the second protective portion in the radial direction.

A sintered bearing bush material for a sliding bearing may include: 0.5 to 1.7 percentage by weight carbon; 0.2 to 1.2 percentage by weight manganese; 0.2 to 1.2 percentage by weight sulphur; 1.2 to 2.4 percentage by weight nickel; 1.0 to 2.1 percentage by weight molybdenum; 3.0 to 7.0 percentage by weight copper; 0.2 to 1.2 percentage by weight tin; 0 to 0.8 percentage by weight phosphorus; and a residual component.

A rolling bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and a plurality of balls interposed between the inner ring and the outer ring. The inner ring and the outer ring are made of stainless steel. A raceway surface with which the ball is in rolling-contact in each of the inner ring and the outer ring and is a superfinished surface and a coating layer made of a solid lubricating film is formed on the superfinished surface.

A newly built plain bearing has an inner ring and an outer ring each having a sliding surface along which the rings are movable relative to each other. The sliding surfaces are spaced from each other by an intermediate space that holds an initial greasing, and at least one of the sliding surfaces includes an anti-corrosion coating.

A wear-resistant coating film is disclosed that can maintain high wear resistance for a long period of time even when it is subjected to repetitive wear, and a method for producing the film, as well as a wear-resistant component. The wear-resistant coating film 10 includes a plated layer 11, lump parts 2, and a coat layer 13. The plated layer and the coat layer are laminated, and each of the lump parts is formed of a single particle 12 and/or an assembly of particles 12. The lump parts 2 are held by the plated layer 11 and are disposed to protrude from the plated layer 11. The coat layer 13 is formed to coat the surface of the plated layer 11, the lump parts 2 have flat portions 18, and the flat portions 18 are placed on the same plane as the surface of the coat layer 13.

Disclosed herein a bearing that comprises a base, made of a metallic base material. The base comprises a cylindrical outer surface, a cylindrical inner surface that is opposite the cylindrical outer surface, and a central channel defined by the cylindrical inner surface and extending through the base. The bearing also comprises a selective transfer material embedded in the base. The selective transfer material is different than the metallic base material and is configured to release from the base in response to frictionally-induced pressure acting on the base.

A sliding member includes a bearing alloy layer, a solid lubricant layer, particles and a covering portion. The solid lubricant layer is provided on a sliding surface side of the bearing alloy layer and is deposited on the bearing alloy layer. The particles form the solid lubricant layer and are made of metal sulfide. The covering portion is provided over outermost surfaces of the particles on the sliding surface side and are made of metal oxide including the same metal element as a metal element constituting the particles.

Disclosed herein is a sliding member for an internal-combustion engine of an automobile or the like. The sliding member has excellent sliding properties due to high oleophilicity of its sliding surface achieved by adjusting the surface texture of a resin layer forming the sliding surface, which makes it possible to effectively prevent wear or seizure of the sliding member and a counterpart sliding member thereof. The sliding member includes a resin layer provided on a surface of a base material, in which the resin layer has a surface roughness of 1.05 or more, preferably 1.07 or more. The mean spacing (s) between local peaks of the resin layer may be in the range of 2 m or more but 12 m or less, but may be preferably in the range of 2 m or more but 10 m or less. Further, the mean height (Rc) of the resin layer may be in the range of 0.5 m or more but 5.0 m or less, but may be preferably in the range of 0.5 m or more but 3.0 m or less.

A rolling bearing has an outer diameter surface of the outer ring which is a fitting surface with a housing and the inner diameter surface of the inner ring, which is a fitting surface with a shaft. The outer diameter surface of the outer ring or the inner diameter surface of the inner ring is coated with a bonded film containing an organic binder, a solid lubricant powder such as molybdenum disulfide powder, and a friction/wear modifier such as antimony oxide powder. According to the rolling bearing, a creep resistance is kept excellent without causing increase in cost and size and being deformed and softened.