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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
May. 11, 2018
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Laura M. Lara Rodriguez, Woodbury, MN (US);
Chainika Jangu, Woodbury, MN (US);
Scott R. Culler, Burnsville, MN (US);
Negus B. Adefris, St. Paul, MN (US);
Gregory S. Mueller, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jon T. Schwartz, St. Paul, MN (US);
Brian G. Koethe, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Robinette S. Alkhas, St. Paul, MN (US);
Ronald D. Apple, Apple Valley, CA (US);
Ernest L. Thurber, Somerset, WI (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments disclosed relate to an abrasive article (). The abrasive article (includes a backing () defining a major surface. The abrasive article () includes an abrasive layer including a plurality of tetrahedral abrasive particles () attached to the backing (). The tetrahedral abrasive particles () include four faces joined by six edges terminating at four vertices (). Each one of the four faces contacts three of the four faces, and a major portion of the tetrahedral abrasive particles () have at least one of the vertices () oriented in substantially a same direction.