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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
May. 03, 2004
Yaogen Shen, Hong Kong Sar, CN;
Yiu-wing Mai, Glebe Point, AU;
Lawrence Kwok-yan LI, Hong Kong Sar, CN;
Tai Lun Chan, Troy, MI (US);
Simon Chin-yu Tung, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Yaogen Shen, Hong Kong Sar, CN;
Yiu-Wing Mai, Glebe Point, AU;
Lawrence Kwok-Yan Li, Hong Kong Sar, CN;
Tai Lun Chan, Troy, MI (US);
Simon Chin-Yu Tung, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, HK;
Abstract
Superhard nanocomposite coatings which are applicable to coating contact surfaces on substrates in a variety of industrial processes are disclosed. In a typical embodiment, the superhard nanocomposite coating includes a refractory metal silicon nitride coating layer having silicon in a concentration of from about 6 atomic percent to about 12 atomic percent.