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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Geoffrey Dearnaley, San Antonio, TX (US);
Mark Van Dyke, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (US);
Assignee:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/626 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/626 ;
Abstract
An amorphous carbon film, preferably disposed on and substantially filling the pores in a porous anodized aluminum outer surface, wherein the amorphous carbon film comprises as an integral component an effective amount of a lubricity-increasing agent, preferably sulfur.