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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
V Durga Rao, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Daniel M Kabat, Oxford, MI (US);
Robert A Rose, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428357 ; 428403 ;
Abstract
A thermally sprayable powder having grains comprising: a core of solid lubricant particles comprised of at least graphite and MoS.sub.2 (others may include Bn, NaF, LiF, CaF.sub.2, and WS.sub.2); and a thin, soft metal shell (Ni, Co, Fe, Zn, Sn, Mg, or Cu) encapsulating such core. Some core particles may also be hard, wear-resistant particles from the group consisting of SiC, NiCrAl, FeMn, FeCrAl, FeWNiVCr, NiCrMoVW, FeCrMoWV, CoFeNiCrMoWV, NiCrMoV, and CoMoCrVW.