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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Takayasu Sato, Toyota, JP;
Takaaki Kanazawa, Nisshin, JP;
Masaki Nanahara, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A member () resistant to erosion by cavitation on which an amorphous carbon film coating is formed on a surface of a base material has at least a first amorphous carbon film coating () having a plurality of columnar structures () on the surface of the base material (), and a second amorphous carbon film coating () having a plurality of granular structures () deposited with no orientation on the surface of the first amorphous carbon film coating ().