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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2009
Applicants:
Wangyang NI, Latrobe, PA (US);
Ronald M. Penich, Greensburg, PA (US);
Yixiong Liu, Greensburg, PA (US);
Michael F. Beblo, Delmont, PA (US);
Inventors:
Wangyang Ni, Latrobe, PA (US);
Ronald M. Penich, Greensburg, PA (US);
Yixiong Liu, Greensburg, PA (US);
Michael F. Beblo, Delmont, PA (US);
Assignee:
Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Hard coatings and methods of making the hard coatings comprising aluminum titanium nitride which are usable on cutting tools are disclosed. The coatings include at least one aluminum titanium nitride layer having between about 0 and about 15 weight percent hexagonal phase and a composition of (AlTi)N, where x is in the range of about 0.53 to about 0.58 moles.