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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Steffen Hoppe, Overath, DE;
Manfred Fischer, Leichlingen, DE;
Marcus Kennedy, Dusseldorf, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbH, Burscheid, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 9/26 (2006.01); C23C 14/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/0605 (2013.01); F16J 9/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a sliding element for an internal combustion engine, especially a piston ring having a DLC coating of ta-C, which has at least one residual stress gradient, a negative residual stress gradient being present in the center region of the coating, when seen from the outside to the inside, said gradient being preferably smaller that the inner region, and the inner region having smaller thickness that the center region.