Patent · US Expired

Method for producing a lubricious amorphous carbon film

US6514565B2 · kind B2 · utility

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27References

12Claims

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Assignee

SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE · US

Inventors

Geoffrey Dearnaley · San Antonio, US
Mark E. Van Dyke · Winston-Salem, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 6, 2001
Grant date	Feb 4, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 6, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/30
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An amorphous carbon film, preferably disposed on and substantially filling the pores in a porous anodized aluminum outer surface, wherein the amorphous carbon film comprises as an integral component an effective amount of a lubricity-increasing agent, preferably sulfur.

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