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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2007
Richard P. Welty, Boulder, CO (US);
Klaus Brondum, Longmont, CO (US);
Douglas S. Richmond, Zionsville, IN (US);
Patrick B. Jonte, Zionsville, IN (US);
Richard P. Welty, Boulder, CO (US);
Klaus Brondum, Longmont, CO (US);
Douglas S. Richmond, Zionsville, IN (US);
Patrick B. Jonte, Zionsville, IN (US);
Masco Corporation of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A valve component for a faucet includes a substrate, a first layer of material provided above the substrate in an amount sufficient to improve abrasion resistance of the substrate, and a second layer of material provided above the first layer of material. The second layer of material includes amorphous diamond having spbonding of at least about 40%, a hardness of at least about 45 GPa, and an elastic modulus of at least about 400 GPa.