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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2024
Applicant:

National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Inventors:

Michael T. Dugger, Tijeras, NM (US);

Steven Robert Larson, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Alexander James Mings, Albuquerque, NM (US);

John Francis Curry, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Tomas Farley Babuska, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Michael E. Chandross, Tijeras, NM (US);

Nathaniel S. Bobbitt, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Ping Lu, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M 103/06 (2006.01); C10N 10/12 (2006.01); C10N 20/00 (2006.01); C10N 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M 103/06 (2013.01); C10M 2201/066 (2013.01); C10N 2010/12 (2013.01); C10N 2020/055 (2020.05); C10N 2050/023 (2020.05);
Abstract

The invention is directed to environmentally stable solid lubricant coatings with bilayer transition-metal dichalcogenide structures that are designed to resist the effects of oxidation during long term storage, or during short exposures under conditions that would oxidize similar films that do not have these bilayer structures. In addition to improving oxidation resistance, these bilayer structures also facilitate the more rapid establishment of a low, steady-state friction coefficient than is possible with similar films that do not have these bilayer structures.


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