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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2012
Applicants:
Marcus Kennedy, Dusseldorf, DE;
Michael Zinnabold, Burscheid, DE;
Inventors:
Marcus Kennedy, Dusseldorf, DE;
Michael Zinnabold, Burscheid, DE;
Assignee:
Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbH, Burscheid, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sliding element, and in particular a piston ring, is provided with a DLC coating on a substrate of the sliding element. A material softer than DLC is embedded into the surface of the DLC coating with which the sliding element will come into contact with a sliding partner, against which the sliding element will slide.