	US 11,807,777 B2
	Amorphous coating
David A. Smith, Bellefonte, PA (US); James B. Mattzela, Port Matilda, PA (US); Paul H. Silvis, Port Matilda, PA (US); Gary A. Barone, Bellefonte, PA (US); and Martin E. Higgins, Bellefonte, PA (US)
Assigned to Silcotek Corp., Bellefonte, PA (US)
Filed by SILCOTEK CORP., Bellefonte, PA (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/801,230.
Application 16/801,230 is a division of application No. 13/876,328, granted, now 10,604,660, previously published as PCT/US2011/054835, filed on Oct. 5, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/507,650, filed on Jul. 14, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/389,777, filed on Oct. 5, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2020/0190336 A1, Jun. 18, 2020
Int. Cl. B32B 7/02 (2019.01); C09D 5/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/30 (2006.01); C23C 16/56 (2006.01); C23C 16/40 (2006.01); C23C 30/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/02 (2006.01); C23C 16/18 (2006.01)

CPC C09D 5/00 (2013.01) [C23C 16/0272 (2013.01); C23C 16/18 (2013.01); C23C 16/30 (2013.01); C23C 16/401 (2013.01); C23C 16/56 (2013.01); C23C 30/00 (2013.01); Y10T 428/265 (2015.01); Y10T 428/31612 (2015.04); Y10T 428/31663 (2015.04)]

2 Claims

1. An article comprising an amorphous coating and a metal substrate, wherein the amorphous coating has a thickness of between 200 nm and 5,000 nm, a wear resistance between about 13×10⁻⁵mm³/Nm and about 0.5×10⁻⁵mm³/Nm, and a coefficient of friction between about 0.58 and about 0.05, and wherein the amorphous coating comprises:

a first layer and a second layer, the first layer being proximal to the metal substrate compared to the second layer, the second layer being distal from the metal substrate compared to the first layer;

wherein the first layer and the second layer comprise carbon, hydrogen, and silicon;

wherein the first layer further comprises oxygen.