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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1997
Takahiro Nakahigashi, Kyoto, JP;
Akira Doi, Ikeda, JP;
Yoshihiro Izumi, Kyoto, JP;
Hajime Kuwahara, Kyoto, JP;
Nissin Electric Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An object such as an automobile part, an image forming apparatus part, a bicycle part, other machine parts, a sport article or its part, a toy or its part, or a rain article or its part has a portion to be in contact with a contact object. The contact portion is made of at least one kind of material selected from a group including polymer material such as resin or rubber as well as glass, and the contact portion has a surface entirely or partially coated with a carbon film (typically, a DLC film) having a wear resistance as well as at least one of a lubricity, a water repellency and a gas barrier property. The carbon film is formed on the object with a good adhesion.