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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2010
John Van DE Sanden, Nieuwegein, NL;
Hendrik Johannes Krock, Sleeuwijk, NL;
Hendrik Anne Mol, Sleeuwijk, NL;
John Van De Sanden, Nieuwegein, NL;
Hendrik Johannes Krock, Sleeuwijk, NL;
Hendrik Anne Mol, Sleeuwijk, NL;
Aktiebolaget SKF, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
The present invention resides in a method of providing a mark on a surface of a metal component, where the mark comprises a symbol () representing a first entity of information and the method comprises a step of laser marking, in which a controllable laser beam is used to form the symbol () from two or more separate line segments (-), each line segment () having at least one point of overlap with another line segment. According to the invention, the method further comprises a step of embedding a second entity of information within the mark by modifying a sequence in which the two or more separate line segments (-) are formed.