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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:
Mar. 28, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
David G O'Neill, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jonathan G Storer, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427580 ; 427122 ; 20429841 ; 20419238 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for producing a diamond-like carbon coating. The method comprises the steps of providing a substrate to be coated, providing a cathode of vitreous carbon or a pyrolytic graphite cathode and initiating a cathodic arc discharge with the arc spot on the cathode surface and directing the resulting carbon plasma toward the substrate to form a coating on said substrate, said coating being substantially macroparticle free.