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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Picosun Oy, Espoo, FI;
Ivan Kolev, Maastricht, NL;
Paul Peeters, Eindhoven, NL;
Roland Tap, Nürnberg, DE;
Bertram Haag, Uhlfeld, DE;
Yashar Musayev, Nürnberg, DE;
Serge Kursawe, Uttenreuth, DE;
Tim Matthias Hosenfeldt, Nürnberg, DE;
Jürgen Gierl, Erlangen, DE;
Juhana Kostamo, Espoo, FI;
Picosun OY, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Disclosed is a bearing component having at least one layer having a high hardness and a high current insulation property, the layer comprising a nonconductive oxide layer selected from the group comprising an AlOlayer, a TaO layer, an SiOlayer, a mixed layer comprising two or more of the foregoing oxides, a multilayer structure comprising alternating layers of two or more of the foregoing oxides and a DLC layer such as a ta-C layer, there being at least one ALD layer comprising at least one layer of a material deposited by an ALD (atomic layer deposition) process on the at least one layer having a high hardness and a high current insulation property, the ALD layer itself having a high current insulation property and comprising a material or layer structure selected from the said group of materials.