Advanced science.  Applied technology.

Search

Treatments To Reduce Friction and Wear on Metal Alloy Components: 5,780,119

Abstract: 

The present invention provides a method for strongly adhering a diamond-like carbon coating to a metal alloy substrate using ion beam assisted deposition of silicon and/or germanium followed by ion beam assisted deposition of diamond-like carbon.

Patent Number: 
5,780,119
Date Of Issue: 
07/13/1998
Inventors: 

James Lankford; Geoffrey Dearnaley