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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:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1999
Timothy J. O'Brien, Bay Village, OH (US);
Inho Song, Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Brenda L. Trautman, Avon, OH (US);
Brian S. Bubar, Apex, NC (US);
Darrell K. May, Ramsuer, NC (US);
Joseph E. Preston, Sanford, NC (US);
James G. Sheek, Sanford, NC (US);
Jeffrey D. Wilder, Sanford, NC (US);
Moen Incorporated, North Olmsted, OH (US);
Abstract
A new article of manufacture, for example a faucet or other article of hardware, has a specified decorative color, other than brass, and is resistant to corrosion, abrasion and attack by chemicals. The article includes a substrate, one or more corrosion resistant layers applied to the substrate, and an outer layer, applied by PVD, and chosen from only one or more of Zr, Hf, C and N. The outer layer provides the desired, other than brass, color of the article, the desired chemical and abrasion resistance, and which layer, when in contact with air or water becomes passive in a manner similar to chrome.