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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Applicants:
Noriko Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobutaka Chiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Kano, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/16 (2006.01); H01M 4/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A transition metal nitride is obtained by a nitriding treatment of a surface of a base material including a transition metal or an alloy of the transition metal, and the transition metal nitride has a crystal structure of an MN type and a crystal structure of an ε-MN type, and is formed over a whole area of the surface of the base material and continuously in a depth direction from the surface.