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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:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christophe Heau, Saint-Etienne, FR;
Assignee:
Tecmachine, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ; C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428472 ; 428698 ; 428699 ; 501 961 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a titanium nitride doped with boron crystallizing with the same structure as titanium nitride TiN and having a Vickers microhardness greater than approximately 50 GPa. There is also disclosed an anti-wear coating comprising this titanium nitride doped with boron. There are also disclosed parts such as metal parts, tungsten carbide parts and cermet parts, for example, including a coating of this type.