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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2005
Applicants:
Clark V. Cooper, Arlington, VA (US);
Michael F. Mullen, Cheshire, CT (US);
Inventors:
Clark V. Cooper, Arlington, VA (US);
Michael F. Mullen, Cheshire, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/04 (2006.01); C10M 103/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is a coated, dynamic contact surface. The contact has a substrate and a carbon-based coating on the substrate. The coating has a coefficient of friction of about 0.5 or less and an atomic hydrogen content of about 5% to about 25%. There is also a mechanical system. There is a method for increasing oil-out survivability in a mechanical system.