On an inner peripheral surface of a bearing hole into which a shaft is inserted, concave oil supply surfaces arranged dispersively like separated islands and a sliding surface continuous around the oil supply surfaces to hold an outer peripheral surface of the shaft are formed: a maximum height difference between the sliding surface and the oil supply surfaces is not less than 0.01% and not more than 0.5% of an inner diameter Di of the sliding surface; a surface aperture area ratio of pores at the sliding surface is not more than 10%; a surface aperture area ratio of pores at the oil supply surfaces is more than 10% and less than 40%; and an area of each of the oil supply surfaces is not less than 0.03 mm.sup.2 and not more than 0.2×Di.sup.2 (mm.sup.2).

Provided is a sintered bearing (1), including 3 to 12% by mass of aluminum, 0.05 to 0.5% by mass of phosphorus, and the balance including copper as a main component, and inevitable impurities, the sintered bearing (1) having a structure in which an aluminum-copper alloy is sintered with a sintering aid added to raw material powder, a pore (db, do) in a surface layer portion of the sintered bearing (1) being formed smaller than an internal pore (di).

A sintered bearing includes a bearing main body which has a substantially cylindrical shape and is made of a sintered material, a through-hole being formed in a center of the bearing main body; a sealing member in a disk shape, the sealing member being configured to be disposed such that one surface side of the sealing member is in contact with the bearing main body, and an opening being formed in a center of the sealing member; and a locking member in a block shape, the locking member being configured to be in contact with at least another surface side of the sealing member and holding the sealing member between the locking member and the bearing main body.

A fastening system including a first sintered powder metal fastening component and a second metal fastening component. The first sintered powder metal fastening component has a first porous surface and a one-part adhesive in the first porous surface. The second metal fastening component has a second surface. The second surface is configured to frictionally engage with the first porous surface.

A heat-resistant sintered sliding member according to the present invention has a structure in which a lubrication phase is dispersed in a matrix, in which an entire composition of the sliding member is composed of a composition containing, by mass %, Cr: 18% to 35%, Mo: 0.3% to 15%, Ni: 0% to 30%, Si: 0.5% to 6%, S: 0.2% to 4.0%, P: 0% to 1.2%, B: 0% to 0.8%, and a Fe balance containing inevitable impurities, in which the matrix is a Fe—Cr—Mo—Si-based matrix or a Fe—Cr—Mo—Ni—Si-based matrix, the lubrication phase contains chromium sulfide, and a porosity of an entire sliding member is 2.0% or less.

A powder metallurgically produced, wear-resistant, and highly thermally conductive copper-based sintered alloy as matrix is disclosed. The sintered alloy includes a powder mixture of a copper-base powder, of a hard phase with a total share of 8 to 40% by weight, of a solid lubricant with a total share of 0.4 to 3.8% by weight, of a pressing additive with a total share of 0.3 to 1.5% by weight, and production-related impurities. The powder mixture includes at least 55% by weight of the copper-base powder.

Provided is a sintered bearing for an EGR valve, including raw material powder including 9% by weight to 12% by weight of aluminum, 0.1% by weight to 0.6% by weight of phosphorus, 3% by weight to 10% by weight of graphite, and the balance including copper as a main component, and inevitable impurities. The sintered bearing has a structure of a sintered aluminum-copper alloy. The sintered bearing further includes free graphite distributed in pores formed so as to be dispersed.

A bearing and/or seal assembly where pressurized gas (e.g., air) may be arranged to produce a contact-free bearing and/or seal is provided. The assembly includes a permeable body (12) including structural features (13) selectively engineered to convey a pressurized gas (Ps) from an inlet side (20) side of the permeable body to an outlet side (22) of the permeable body to form an annular film of the pressurized gas relative to the rotatable shaft. Disclosed embodiments may be produced by way of three-dimensional (3D) Printing/Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies with practically no manufacturing variability; and may also cost-effectively and reliably benefit from the relatively complex geometries and the features and/or conduits that may be involved to, for example, form the desired distribution pattern or impart a desired directionality to the pressurized gas conveyed through the permeable body of the bearing and/or seal assembly.

A sintered component forming step is for forming a sintered component by powder molding. An insert forming step is for forming a sintered insert component in which an exterior component is integrated on an outer peripheral portion of the sintered component. One or more grooves or ridges are formed on an outer peripheral portion of a region except for one end portion of the sintered component in the sintered component forming step. The insert forming step includes a step for bringing the outer peripheral portion of the end portion into contact with an inner peripheral surface of an insert forming mold along a circumferential direction and covering the one or more grooves or ridges by the insert forming mold with an interval to form a cavity on an outer peripheral portion of the sintered component and a step for filling a melted material in the cavity.

By using a forming die having a fixed die and a movable die moving along a parting surface on the fixed die and by moving the movable die along the parting surface, to press and hold a sintered part between the movable die and the fixed die, to form a cavity around the sintered part except parts which abut on the fixed die and the movable die by the forming die, and to fill the cavity with melted material which becomes an exterior part, so that the sintered part and the exterior part are integrated by insert molding.