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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2007
Rabi S. Bhattacharya, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Nelson H. Forster, Bellbrook, OH (US);
Hitesh Trivedi, Fairborn, OH (US);
Lewis Rosado, Centerville, OH (US);
Amarendra K. Rai, Dayton, OH (US);
Rabi S. Bhattacharya, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Nelson H. Forster, Bellbrook, OH (US);
Hitesh Trivedi, Fairborn, OH (US);
Lewis Rosado, Centerville, OH (US);
Amarendra K. Rai, Dayton, OH (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for applying a tribological coating to a carbon composite substrate. The method includes providing the carbon composite substrate, depositing a layer of carbon on the substrate, applying a layer of aluminum on the layer of carbon, annealing the substrate at a temperature greater than a melting temperature of aluminum, and applying a layer of silver. A layer of mixed aluminum and silver may be substituted for the layer of silver.