Boride, Carbide, Nitride, Phosphide, Silicide, Or Sulfide-containing Coating Patents (Class 427/419.7)
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Patent number: 7736734Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting tool insert for metal machining comprising a substrate with a first coating and an outermost PVD-layer. The insert further comprises clearance faces and rake faces intersecting to form cutting edges having essentially no edge radius. The first coating has been removed so that the outermost PVD-layer is the only layer on the clearance face at least close to the cutting edge. The present invention also relates to a method of making such an insert. The inserts according to the present invention gives an increased tool life.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property ABInventor: Anders Jonsson
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Patent number: 7727592Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting insert particularly for turning of stainless steel comprising a cemented carbide substrate and a post-treated coating with a substrate of cemented carbide having a composition of from about 5.0 to less than about 8.0 wt % Co, from about 3.0 to about 8.0 wt % cubic carbides of the metals Ti, Ta and Nb with a Ti/(Ti+Ta+Nb) ratio of from about 0.05 to about 0.3 and balance tungsten carbide (WC) having a grain size of from about 1.5 to about 3.5 ?m in the as-sintered state. Further, the substrate has a surface zone of from about 5 to about 30 ?m characterized by an enrichment of binder phase and a depletion of cubic carbides, and a coating having a first, innermost layer system of one or several layers of TiCxNyOz with x+y+z?1 with a total thickness of from about 0.7 to about 5.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2008Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property ABInventors: Gunilla Cedergren, Mikael Lindholm, Ann-Britt Ljungberg, Mikael Lagerquist, Frida Cullin
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Publication number: 20100129626Abstract: Provided are scratch-, wear- and corrosion-resistant coatings for metal substrates, including orthopedic implants and other metal-containing constructs, as well as methods for making such coatings. The inventive coatings comprise multiple micron-width layers of titanium nitride, titanium carbonitride, or both titanium nitride and titanium carbonitride, and may also contain a layer of aluminum oxide, and may be characterized by alternating layers of titanium nitride and titanium carbonitride. The present coatings curtail the growth of microcracks that can otherwise result from surface cracks or scratches on coated substrates, and thereby provide improved wear characteristics, resist scratching, and prevent the penetration of corrosive fluids to the substrate material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Inventor: Jason B. Langhorn
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Publication number: 20100115899Abstract: The present invention relates to a ceramic filter comprising clay and a process for preparing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to the ceramic filter, including wave- shaped ceramic paper and plate-shaped paper, having improved efficiency and performance that may optimize the process of coating and calcining inorganic binder by forming an outer wall thereon, using clay, and thus increase insulation effect and mechanical strength represented by the clay layer, and the process for preparing thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2007Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: LG Chem, LtdInventors: Ju-Hyung Lee, Jong-Sik Choi, Hoon Ahn, Sun-Joo Kim, Seong-Moon Jung
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Publication number: 20100119736Abstract: A method for producing zeolite films or membranes at essentially ambient pressure, which includes preparing a synthesis mixture comprising an ionic liquid solvent and an aluminum and/or silicon and/or phosphate source and converting the synthesis mixture to form a continuous zeolite layer. In addition, a method of synthesizing zeolite nanocrystals, which includes preparing a synthesis mixture, the synthesis mixture having a silica or a silica and alumina source, and a template; and synthesizing the synthesis mixture to form zeolite nanocrystals.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Yushan Yan, Rui Cai, Minwei Sun
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Patent number: 7713587Abstract: A method of coating a substrate is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate; depositing an infrared reflecting layer over at least a portion of a substrate; depositing a primer layer over at least a portion of the infrared reflective layer; depositing a dielectric layer over at least a portion of the primer layer; and depositing an absorbing layer, wherein the absorbing layer is deposited either under the infrared reflective layer or over the dielectric layer, wherein the absorbing layer comprises an alloy and/or mixture of (a) a metal having an index of refraction at 500 nm less than or equal to 1.0 and (b) a material having a ?G°f of greater than or equal to ?100 at 1000° K. The metal can be silver and the material can be tin.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: James J. Finley, James P. Thiel, Harry Buhay
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Publication number: 20100104860Abstract: A cemented tungsten carbide-based material includes: a cemented tungsten carbide substrate having a chromized layer that contains a tungsten carbide and a chromium carbide; and a diamond film formed on said chromized layer. A method for making the cemented tungsten carbide-based material involves subjecting a cemented tungsten carbide substrate to chromization so as to form the cemented tungsten carbide substrate with a chromized layer that contains a tungsten carbide and a chromium carbide; and forming a diamond film on the chromized layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Chau-Chang Chou, Jyh-Wei Lee, Yen-Yi Chen, Hsin-Han Lin
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Patent number: 7687114Abstract: The invention relates to a method for metallic coating of fibers by liquid technique, in which a fiber, coated with a material forming a diffusion barrier with the metal, is drawn through a liquid metal bath to be coated therewith. The method is characterized in that prior to the passage of the fiber into the bath, the fiber is coated with a compound wettable by the metal. The coating of the fiber by the metal is facilitated by the presence of the compound, forming an interface wettable by the metal.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2006Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignees: SNECMA, CNRSInventors: Jean-Michel Patrick Maurice Franchet, Jean-Francois Fromentin, Jean-Michel Quenisset, Carine Duda, Corinne Arvieu, Pierre Eric Frayssines
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Patent number: 7683293Abstract: A domestic appliance, particularly a cooking appliance, having a metallic surface, is provided with a coating based on silicon oxide. Such coating is deposited on the metallic surface by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). The coating protects the metallic surface from scratching, staining and thermal yellowing.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2005Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Ermanno Buzzi, John Doyle, Thomas Friesen
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Patent number: 7674520Abstract: The present invention describes a cutting tool with improved properties for metal machining having a substrate of cemented carbide and a hard and wear resistant coating on the surface of said substrate. The coating is deposited by Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD). The coating is composed of metal nitrides in combination with alumina (Al2O3). The coating is composed of a laminar multilayered structure. The insert is further treated to have different outer layers on the rake face and flank face respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property ABInventor: Veit Schier
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Publication number: 20100055479Abstract: A method for coating a combustion chamber defining component is disclosed. The method includes applying a thermally conductive layer to a surface of the combustion chamber defining component, the thermally conductive layer having a thermal conductivity greater than the combustion chamber defining component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2008Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: M. Brad Beardsley, Mark D. Veliz
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Publication number: 20100055412Abstract: A method of forming a string for use in a string ribbon crystal provides a refractory metal as a core for the string and forms a first layer of material on the core. A method of growing a ribbon crystal provides a pair of strings. Each string has a refractory metal core. The method further passes the strings through a molten material to grow the ribbon crystal between the pair of strings. A ribbon crystal wafer includes a ribbon crystal material and a pair of strings in the ribbon crystal material. Each string defines an outer edge of the wafer, and each string includes a refractory metal core.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: EVERGREEN SOLAR, INC.Inventors: Christine Richardson, Lawrence Felton
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Patent number: 7670674Abstract: There is described a cutting tool with improved properties for metal machining having a substrate of cemented carbide and a hard and wear resistant coating on the surface of said substrate. The coating is deposited by Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD). The coating is composed of metal nitrides in combination with alumina (Al2O3). The coating is composed of a laminar multilayered structure. The insert is further treated to have different outer layers on the rake face, and flank face respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property ABInventor: Veit Schier
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Patent number: 7670519Abstract: A method for producing a free-flowing granular material includes screening pumice and mixing it with sludge issuing from the biological treatment of municipal or industrial wastewater.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2004Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Sem StoneInventors: Jean-Pierre Camp, Serge Bensaid
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Publication number: 20100047460Abstract: It is disclosed a method of depositing a seal coating and a seal system comprising at least two layers on the surface of an article. The upper or surface layer has a higher chromium activity than a bottom layer, to reduce a diffusion of cobalt and the formation of cobalt oxide is reduced. The coating of invention may be heat-treated to reduce or optimize the formation of cobalt oxide to sustain the wear property.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2008Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.Inventors: Abdus Suttar Khan, Ian William Boston, James Alexander Hearley
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Publication number: 20100047464Abstract: A soda inclusive glass substrate is coated with a highly tetrahedral amorphous carbon inclusive layer that is a form of diamond-like carbon (DLC). In certain embodiments, the amorphous carbon layer includes at least about 35% sp3 carbon-carbon bonds, more preferably at least about 70%, and most preferably at least about 80% of the sp3 carbon-carbon bonds. The high density (e.g. greater than or equal to about 2.4 gm/cm3) of the amorphous carbon layer prevents soda from exiting the glass and reacting with water at surface(s) of the glass, thereby minimizing visible stains (or corrosion) on the glass. The high density amorphous carbon layer also may repel water. In some embodiments, the highly tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer is part of a larger DLC coating, while in other embodiments the highly tetrahedral layer forms the entirety of a DLC coating on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: Vijayen S. Veerasamy
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Patent number: 7663075Abstract: Disclosed is a layer for use in a domestic appliance, based on a sol-gel precursor. This layer can be obtained by screen-printing and comprises an organosilane compound. The layer is obtained from a concentrated pre-polymerized sol-gel precursor. The layer can be used as an insulating layer or as a conductive layer in a heating element. Furthermore, the layer can be used for decorative purposes.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2005Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Poh Loo Lee, Gerard Cnossen, Marcel Rene Boehmer, Sandor Nemeth, Pieter Johannes Werkman
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Publication number: 20100032842Abstract: A multi-layer TiN film with reduced tensile stress and discontinuous grain structure, and a method of fabricating the TiN film are disclosed. The TiN layers are formed by PVD or IMP in a nitrogen plasma. Tensile stress in a center layer of the film is reduced by increasing N2 gas flow to the nitrogen plasma, resulting in a Ti:N stoichiometry between 1:2.1 to 1:2.3. TiN films thicker than 40 nanometers without cracks are attained by the disclosed process.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Gregory Charles HERDT, Joseph W. BUCKFELLER
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Publication number: 20100021691Abstract: Disclosed herein are a thin layer having a composition gradient and a method for the production of the thin layer. According to the method, the thin layer is produced by subjecting a mixture of one or more organic materials and one or more inorganic materials to a sol-gel process. The composition gradient and the surface energy of the thin layer are controlled during production, leaving no interfacial failure defects.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kwang Hee LEE, Xavier BULLIARD, Jong Jin PARK, Yun Hyuk CHOI
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Patent number: 7650710Abstract: A body of iron, steel or other such ferrous material is protected from thermochemical erosion by a layer of an iron nitride having a relatively low nitrogen content. The atomic percentage of nitrogen in the iron nitride layer is no greater than 20%, and in specific embodiments is in the range of 10-15%. The nitride layer may have a layer of a refractory material deposited thereatop. Some refractory materials include metals such as chromium. The invention has specific utility for protecting gun barrels, turbines, internal combustion engines, drilling equipment, machine tools, aerospace systems and chemical reactors which are exposed to extreme conditions of temperature and pressure. Specifically disclosed is a gun barrel which incorporates the invention.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2004Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: Paul J. Conroy, James M. Garner, Charles Leveritt
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Patent number: 7651792Abstract: A hard film contains [(Nb1?d,Tad)aAl1?a](C1?xNx), [(Nb1?d,Tad)a,Al1?a?b?c,Sib,Bc](C1?xNx), [(Cr,V)p(Nb,Ta)q(Al,Si,B)r](C1?xNx), or [(Ti,Cr,V)p(Nb,Ta)q(Al,Si,B)r](C1?xNx), in which the atomic ratios satisfy the following conditions: 0.4?a?0.6, 0<b+c?0.15, 0?d?1, 0.4?x?1, provided that one of “b” and “c” may be zero but both of them are not simultaneously zero, p+q+r=1; pTi+pCr+pV=p; qNb+qTa=q; rAl+rsi+rB=r, 0.05?q, 0.5?r?0.73, 0?rsi+rB?0.15, and 0.4?x?1.0, provided that when pTi is greater than zero, the total of pCr, pV, rSi, and rB is greater than zero.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2008Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20100012390Abstract: A polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) cutter having a body of diamond crystals containing cobalt is coated with Teflon which is impervious to hydrofluoric acid. After the Teflon coating is dried, a segment of the Teflon coating is removed and a mixture of 50% hydrofluoric acid and 50% nitric acid is supplied to the diamond crystal body through the template in the Teflon coating to leach out the cobalt catalyzing material contained within the body of diamond crystals. In an alternative embodiment, a similar process is used to coat a PDC drill bit and the PDC cutters mounted in the PDC drill bit. After the Teflon dries, a segment of the coating is removed and the acid mix is applied through the templates in the cutters to leach out the cobalt in each of the bodies of diamond crystals. In another alternative embodiment, a tube is placed over the PDC cutter, the tube having one or more templates exposing only the segment or segments of the cutting surface to the acid mix.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2008Publication date: January 21, 2010Inventor: James Shamburger
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Publication number: 20100003504Abstract: An environmental barrier for a substrate of ceramic matrix composite material containing silicon, in particular containing SiC, is formed by an anticorrosion protection layer containing an aluminosilicate type compound of an alkali or alkaline-earth or rare earth element, e.g. BSAS, with a chemical barrier forming layer of aluminum nitride being interposed between the substrate and the anticorrosion protection layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2007Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: SNECMA PROPULSION SOLIDEInventors: Caroline Louchet-Pouillerie, Henri Tawil, Eric Bouillon
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Publication number: 20090291323Abstract: A method of forming a thermal barrier coating on a turbine component is disclosed. The method comprises first depositing a bond coat on the turbine component. A dispersion strengthened ceramic layer containing boride particles as dispersoids is formed on the bond coat layer by plasma deposition. Ceramic coated boride particles comprise the plasma deposition feedstock in order to disperse the boride particles in the ceramic layer. The dispersion strengthened ceramic layer includes at least one of yttria-stabilized zirconia, rare earth stabilized zirconia, rare earth stabilized hafnia, and rare earth stabilized titanate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2008Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Kevin W. Schlichting, Paul H. Zajchowski
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Publication number: 20090252968Abstract: In a method for applying a multilayer wear-resistant coating on metallic, optionally already coated, surfaces, the coating is composed of at least two anti-wear layers (5) and an intermediate layer (10) each arranged between two anti-wear layers (5). The intermediate layer (10) is comprised of a material composition containing the material of the anti-wear layer (5) and a further material, wherein the application of the intermediate layer (10) is effected with a content of the material of the anti-wear layer (5) decreasing over a first transition region (a) and a content of the material of the anti-wear layer (5) increasing over a second transition region (b), the content of the material of the anti-wear layer (5) in the intermediate layer (10) being selected to be at least 5% by weight in every point.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2007Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Heinrich Werger
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Patent number: 7581581Abstract: A substrate is coated by applying a first layer atop the substrate and including, in major weight part, a non-refractory first metal. A second layer is applied atop the first layer and includes, in major weight part, a carbide and/or nitride of a second metal. A third layer is applied atop the second layer and comprises, in major weight part, a ceramic. The substrate may be a refractory metal-based investment casting core.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2006Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Joshua E. Persky, Joseph J. Parkos, Jr.
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Patent number: 7544410Abstract: A hard metal or cermet body has a 2 to 100 ?m thick first layer having a binder metal proportion of 2 to 25 mass % and up to 25 volume % of a nitride or carbonitride of one or more metals of Group IVa of the periodic system or up to 10 volume % of a carbide or carbonitride of V, Nb, Ta or Cr, balance WC, whereby the amount of nitride, carbonitride or carbide of the afore-mentioned metals amounts to at least 0.01 volume %. Under the first layer is a 2 to 40 ?m thick second layer with an enhanced nitrogen proportion relative to the first layer, is disposed. Thereunder is a transition zone with a thickness of 2 to 100 ?m in which the composition gradually changes to a homogeneous composition in the inner core of the hard metal or cermet body.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2004Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Kennametal Widia Produktions GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Walter Lengauer, Vera Ucakar, Klaus Dreyer, Dieter Kassel, Hans Werner Daub
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Publication number: 20090123735Abstract: Components of semiconductor processing apparatus are formed at least partially of erosion, corrosion and/or corrosion-erosion resistant ceramic materials. Exemplary ceramic materials can include at least one oxide, nitride, boride, carbide and/or fluoride of hafnium, strontium, lanthanum oxide and/or dysprosium. The ceramic materials can be applied as coatings over substrates to form composite components, or formed into monolithic bodies. The coatings ca protect substrates from physical and/or chemical attack. The ceramic materials can be used to form plasma exposed components of semiconductor processing apparatus to provide extended service lives.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2009Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: Lam Research CorporationInventor: ROBERT J. O'DONNELL
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Patent number: 7531246Abstract: An exemplary core insert includes a main body having a central protruding portion and a peripheral flange portion surrounding the central protruding portion, and a multilayer film formed on the central protruding portion. The multilayer film includes a nickel-phosphorus layer formed on the central protruding portion, a chromium layer formed on the nickel-phosphorus layer, a chromium nitride layer formed on the chromium layer, and a diamond-like carbon layer formed on the chromium nitride layer. The core insert has excellent hardness, good corrosion resistance, good wear resistance, high adhesion, and a long operational lifetime.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2006Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ga-Lane Chen
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Publication number: 20090110962Abstract: A perpendicular media is formed without an adhesion layer between the substrate and soft underlayer (SUL) to reduce the cost of fabrication. The thickness of the SUL is reduced to less than 50 nm to increase the film adhesion strength between the substrate and SUL. The perpendicular media comprises only a substrate, the SUL, an exchange break layer, a recording layer, and a protective overcoat.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands BVInventors: Hong Deng, Yoshihiro Ikeda
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Publication number: 20090110915Abstract: A method for a new universal nucleation-layer/diffusion barrier, which is based on amorphous films of Si—O and Si—N for ion-beam-assisted deposition (IBAD) process. Unlike other nucleation layers that were used in the past, this process works on a variety of substrates (glass, Hastelloy tape, Cu), with varying surface roughness, and with a wide range of thickness. In addition, this new material system of Si—O (and Si—N) is ideally suited for oxide (and nitride) based multilayer stacks. As importantly, the flexibility in nucleation layer thickness allows the nucleation layer to be an effective diffusion barrier, and to be grown at room temperature, while the IBAD layer and subsequent epitaxial layers can be grown much thinner than usual.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLCInventor: Alp T. FINDIKOGLU
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Patent number: 7510742Abstract: A composite is described which has particular utility in the formation of components for gas turbine engines. The composite broadly comprises a substrate having a surface and at least one layer of a BN/Si3N4 coating on the substrate surface. The coating preferably is formed by alternative layers of a BN material and a Si3N4 material. The substrate may be a cloth material with fibers, such as SiC fibers, woven therein.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2005Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Michael Kmetz
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Publication number: 20090053486Abstract: A method for treating a substrate (such as the gears of a gear set) to provide the substrate with both wear protection and corrosion resistance is disclosed. The method comprises providing the substrate with a wear protection layer and providing corrosion resistant layer. The wear protection layer can be applied to the gear and then the corrosion resistant layer can be applied over the wear resistant layer. Alternatively, the corrosion resistant lay can be provided and then the wear resistant layer can be formed over the corrosion resistant layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: THE TIMKEN COMPANYInventors: Elizabeth P. Cooke, Ryan D. Evans, Gary L. Doll, Randy P. Kruse, Carl R. Ribaudo
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Publication number: 20090053423Abstract: Improved coating blades are disclosed, as well as processes for manufacturing such blades. The inventive blades have an intermediate edge deposit effective to reduce heat transfer from a wear resistant top deposit to the blade substrate. In one embodiment, the intermediate layer is comprised of NiCr, possibly with embedded oxide particles. Suitably, the intermediate layer and the top deposit are applied by an HVOF process. It is also envisaged that the intermediate layer may be deposited by plasma spraying. The intermediate layer may comprise stabilized zirconia.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2006Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: BTG ECLÉPENS S.A.Inventors: Silvano Freti, Jean Francois Laithier
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Patent number: 7470296Abstract: A cutting tool insert particularly for turning of steel comprising a body and a coating with a first (innermost) layer system of at least two layers of TiCxNyOz with x+y+z?1 with a total thickness of from about 0.7 to about 4.5 ?m, a second layer system to a large extent consisting of Al2O3 and an outermost layer system comprising one or several layers in sequence of TiCxNy (x+y?1) with individual thicknesses of greater than about 0.15 to about 0.8 ?m and a layer with Al2O3 with a thickness greater than about 0.1 to about 0.4 ?m with a total thickness of the outermost layer system thinner than about 2.5 ?m and a total thickness of the coating in the range of from about 2.0 to about 12.0 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2005Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property ABInventors: Mikael Lindholm, Markus Rodmar, Anders Jonsson
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Patent number: 7462378Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for coating metal substrates, systems therefore, and articles made therefrom. In one embodiment, the method of coating a metal substrate comprises: disposing a metallic bond coating on the metal substrate, creating ions with a reverse polarity high frequency apparatus at a frequency of greater than or equal to about 2.5 kHz, roughening the surface with the ions to a subsequent average surface roughness of greater than or equal to about 5 ?m, and disposing a ceramic coating on the metallic bond coating surface. The metallic bond coating had a surface with an initial average surface roughness of less than or equal to about 1 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2005Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Daniel Anthony Nowak, Paul Stephen DiMascio, David Vincent Bucci
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Patent number: 7449218Abstract: In certain example embodiments, a coated article includes respective layers including diamond-like carbon (DLC) and zirconium nitride before heat treatment (HT). During HT, the hydrogenated DLC acts as a fuel which upon combustion with oxygen produces carbon dioxide and/or water. The high temperature developed during this combustion heats the zirconium nitride to a temperature(s) well above the heat treating temperature, thereby causing the zirconium nitride to be transformed into a new post-HT layer including zirconium oxide that is scratch resistant and durable.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2006Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventor: Vijayen S. Veerasamy
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Patent number: 7448832Abstract: Support pad for a long hole drill head wherein the support pad includes a base body with a bottom surface, at least one side surface and a top surface. The top surface is arranged to function as a wear surface and is defined by a titanium-free wear-resistant coating, whereas the remaining surfaces of the support pad are defined by a titanium-containing wear-resisting coating.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property ABInventors: Raimo Annanolli, Veronica Böstrom
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Patent number: 7445815Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a thin film having alternating monolayers of a metal-metal bonded complex monolayer and an organic monolayer by layer-by-layer growth. The process comprises the steps of: (1) applying onto a surface of a substrate a first linker compound to produce a primer layer; (2) applying onto said primer layer a layer of a metal-metal bonded complex to produce a metal-metal bonded complex monolayer on said primer layer;(3) applying onto said metal-metal bonded complex monolayer a second linker compound; and optionally(4) sequentially repeating steps (2) and (3) at least once to produce said layer-by-layer grown thin film having alternating monolayers of a metal-metal bonded complex monolayer and an organic monolayer.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2007Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Cherie R. Kagan, Chun Lin
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Patent number: 7431542Abstract: A cutting insert preferably for milling of extremely highly alloyed grey cast iron, of a substrate and a coating and methods of making and using the insert are disclosed. The cemented carbide substrate includes WC, of from about 3 to about 8 weight-% Co and less than about 0.5 weight-% carbides of metals from groups IVb, Vb or VIb of the periodic table. The coating has a first, innermost layer of TiCxNyOz with x+y+z=1, y>x and z less than about 0.2, preferably y greater than about 0.8, and z=0, with equiaxed grains with size less than about 0.5 ?m and a total thickness of from about 0.1 to about 1.5 ?m, a layer of TiCxNy with x+y=1, x greater than about 0.3 and y greater than about 0.3, preferably x greater than or equal to about 0.5, with a thickness of greater than about 3 to about 5 ?m with columnar grains with an average diameter of less than about 5 ?m, a layer of a smooth, fine-grained, grain size of from about 0.5 to about 2 ?m, ?-Al2O3 with a thickness of from about 0.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2005Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property ABInventor: Ingemar Hessman
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Patent number: 7431747Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting tool made of ceramics, cermet or cemented carbide and including a rake face, a flank face and a cutting edge at the intersection of rake face and flank face, as well as a multi-layered wear resisting coating including a layer which is made of aluminum oxide and deposited on a hard material layer, in which for avoiding an increase in the width of wear mark, with simultaneous retention of the resistance to cratering of the rake face, the aluminum oxide layer of the coating is removed on the flank face and the underlying hard material layer is exposed at least in portions. The aluminum oxide layer of the coating is removed on the flank face preferably by means of laser beam treatment.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2006Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Kennametal Inc.Inventors: Hans-Wilm Heinrich, Günter Roder, Günther Häupl
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Patent number: 7429151Abstract: Coated milling inserts particularly useful for milling of highly alloyed grey cast iron with or without cast skin under wet conditions at preferably rather high cutting speeds and milling of nodular cast iron and compacted graphite iron with or without cast skin under wet conditions at moderate cutting speeds are disclosed. The inserts are characterised by a WC—Co cemented carbide with a low content of cubic carbides and a highly W-alloyed binder phase and a coating including an inner layer of TiCxNy with columnar grains followed by a layer of ?-Al2O3 and a top layer of TiN.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2005Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property ABInventor: Ingemar Hessman
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Patent number: 7422805Abstract: Coated cemented carbide cutting tool inserts for bimetal machining under wet conditions at moderate cutting speeds, and in particular, cutting tool inserts for face milling of engine blocks formed from alloys of cast iron and aluminium and/or magnesium. The inserts are characterized by a submicron WC—Co cemented carbide and a coating including an inner layer of TiCxNy with columnar grains followed by a layer of ?-Al2O3 and a top layer of TiN.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2005Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AktiebolagInventor: Ingemar Hessman
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Publication number: 20080213919Abstract: Functionalized fluorescent nanocrystal compositions and methods for making and using these compositions are disclosed. The compositions are fluorescent nanocrystals coated with at least one material. The coating material has chemical compounds or ligands with functional groups or moieties with conjugated electrons and moieties for imparting solubility to coated fluorescent nanocrystals in aqueous solutions. The coating material provides for functionalized fluorescent nanocrystal compositions which are water soluble, chemically stable, and emit light with a high quantum yield and/or luminescence efficiency when excited with light. The coating material may also have chemical compounds or ligands with moieties for bonding to target molecules and cells as well as moieties for cross-linking the coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: INVITROGEN CORPORATIONInventor: Imad Naasani
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Patent number: 7384665Abstract: A structure and method for producing color filters with a protective silation layer is described. In one embodiment, each filter is coated with a silation layer to prevent bleeding of material between closely spaced filters during the fabrication process. In a second embodiment, the silation layer is used to protect an array of filters from physical damage during detaping operations. In a third embodiment, the silation layer is used before fabrication later filters in a color filter array to prevent damage to previous filter layers.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2003Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Neil Wester
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Publication number: 20080124479Abstract: Process includes providing a silicide-containing bond coat layer overlying a silicon-containing substrate, optionally forming a silica scale layer adjacent to and overlying the bond coat layer by preoxidizing the bond coat layer, and providing an environmental barrier coating overlying the bond coat layer. The environmental barrier coating includes a corrosion resistant outer layer formed by reacting a metal source with the silica scale layer, if present, or with the silicide-containing substrate in the absence of the silica scale layer. The process may include providing a thermal barrier coating overlying the corrosion resistant outer layer. The silicon-containing substrate may include at least a portion of a gas turbine engine component selected from a turbine blade, vane, and blisk.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2008Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventors: Brian Thomas Hazel, Irene Spitsberg, Brett Allen Boutwell
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Patent number: 7318847Abstract: Workpiece with at least one functional face and a layer system deposited on at least a portion of the functional face as well as a structure pattern, which encompasses at least a portion of the layer system and which is comprised of at least one three dimensional micro structure (5) with structure depth S, characterized in that the deposited layer system is deposited with PVD, CVD or combined PCD/CVD processes, and the three dimensional micro structure (5) extends from the surface of the layer system (4) up into the workpiece, such that the latter is uncoated in a lower region of the micro structure (5).Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2003Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: Oerlikon Trading AG, TrubbachInventors: Orlaw Massler, Christian Wohlrab
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Patent number: 7311946Abstract: A process is described for depositing a metal film on a substrate surface having a diffusion barrier layer deposited thereupon. In one embodiment of the present invention, the process includes: providing a surface of the diffusion barrier layer that is substantially free of an elemental metal and forming the metal film on at least a portion of the surface via deposition by using a organometallic precursor. In certain embodiments, the diffusion barrier layer may be exposed to an adhesion promoting agent prior to or during at least a portion of the forming step. Suitable adhesion promoting agents include nitrogen, nitrogen-containing compounds, carbon-containing compounds, carbon and nitrogen containing compounds, silicon-containing compounds, silicon and carbon containing compounds, silicon, carbon, and nitrogen containing compounds, or mixtures thereof. The process of the present invention provides substrates having enhanced adhesion between the diffusion barrier layer and the metal film.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2003Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Diwakar Garg, Hansong Cheng, John Anthony Thomas Norman, Eduardo Machado, Pablo Ordejon
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Patent number: 7303786Abstract: In a method of forming a polysilicon layer on a substrate, a first embodiment comprises: doping inert gas into the substrate to form a plurality of pores in the substrate; depositing a buffer later on the substrate; depositing an amorphous silicon layer on the buffer layer; and heating the amorphous silicon layer to convert the amorphous silicon layer into a polysilicon layer. A second embodiment comprises: depositing a first buffer layer on a substrate; doping inert gas into the first buffer layer to form a plurality of pores in the first buffer layer; depositing a second buffer layer on the first buffer layer; depositing an amorphous silicon layer on the second buffer layer; and heating the amorphous silicon layer to convert the amorphous silicon layer into a polysilicon layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2004Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventor: Mao-Yi Chang
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Patent number: 7241492Abstract: A multilayered film of the present invention includes a hard film provided on a substrate and including a compound of essential metal components, Al and Ti, with C, N, B, or O, and an intermediate layer formed between the substrate and the hard film, the intermediate layer including at least one selected from the group consisting of a metal, an alloy, and a compound of the metal or the alloy, and having an oxidation temperature lower than that of the hard film. The multilayered film further includes an oxide-containing layer formed by oxidizing the hard film, and an alumina film formed on the surface of the oxide-containing layer. The multilayered film of the present invention has excellent adhesion to the substrate, excellent heat resistance, and excellent oxidation resistance when being exposed to a substrate temperature of 700° C. or more and an oxidizing atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2004Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Toshimitsu Kohara, Hiroshi Tamagaki, Kenji Yamamoto