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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. 21, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas J. Smith, Muskegon, MI (US);
Thomas Stong, Kent City, MI (US);
Peter Einberger, Muskegon, MI (US);
Assignee:
Dana Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 4/06 ; C23C 4/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 4/06 ; C23C 4/10 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method including thermal spraying a chromium nitride or a chromium carbide and chromium silicide coating material on to an article. The coating material may be in a powder form before thermal spraying. In one aspect, the thermal spraying includes melting the coating material, propelling the molten coating material toward the article to be coated, and coating the article with the molten coating material. In another aspect, the coated article is one or more piston rings.