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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120037493 | ARC EVAPORATION SOURCE AND FILM FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME Provided is an arc evaporation source wherein film-forming speed is increased by inducing magnetic lines in the substrate direction. The arc evaporation source is provided with: at least one outer circumferential magnet (3), which is disposed such that the outer ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120009039 | Insert for Milling of Cast Iron A coated cemented carbide insert is particularly useful for milling of cast iron, methods for making the insert, and methods of their use are disclosed. The insert is formed by a composition of the substrate of about 5-7 wt % Co, about 0.05-20 wt % total amount of the m... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110318558 | COATING, ARTICLE COATED WITH COATING, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE A coating includes a bonding layer comprised of TiNbN, a transition layer comprised of TiSiNbN formed on the bonding layer, and an outmost layer comprised of TiSiNbN formed on the transition layer. The percentage of atomics Ti and Nb in the outmost layer are respectivel... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110315544 | ARC EVAPORATOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE EVAPORATOR The invention relates to an arc evaporator which comprises at least one anode (4), a cathode (3) and a system for generating a magnetic field comprising a first subsystem consisting of a set of permanent magnets (8, 9) which produces a converging ma... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110311805 | CUTTING TOOL The invention relates to a cutting tool having a substrate base body and a single or multi-layered coating attached thereupon, wherein at least one layer of the coating is a metal oxide layer produced in the PVD process or in the CVD process and the metal oxide layer ha... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110303061 | COATED CUTTING TOOL FOR GENERAL TURNING IN HEAT RESISTANT SUPER ALLOYS (HRSA) Coated cemented carbide inserts are particularly useful in general turning of superalloys. The inserts are formed from a cemented carbide of WC about 5.0-7.0 wt-% Co, and about 0.22-0.43 wt-% Cr, where the substrate has a coercivity (Hc) of about 19-28 kA/m. The coating... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110293384 | LAYERED COATED CUTTING TOOL A cutting tool insert is formed from a substrate selected from cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics, cubic boron nitride based material or high speed steel. The insert includes a hard and wear-resistant coating formed from laminar polycrystalline metal nitrides layers. Th... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110293909 | Multilayer Nitride Hard Coatings A wear resistant multilayer nitride hard coating for substrates. The hard coating includes a first layer of titanium aluminum nitride and a second layer comprising a plurality of sublayer groups. Each sublayer group includes a first sublayer of titanium silicon nitride ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110278157 | METHOD FOR PRETREATING SUBSTRATES FOR PVD METHODS The invention relates to a method for surface treatment of work pieces in a vacuum treatment system having a first electrode embodied as a target, which is part of an arc vaporization source; by means of the first electrode, an arc is operated with an arc current and va... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110256426 | VACUUM ARC EVAPORATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM FORMED THEREBY In a vacuum arc evaporation apparatus, to stably maintain vacuum arc discharge at an arc source when depositing a cathode material on a substrate, namely a magnetic recording medium, an ungrounded anode of a coil-type tube is placed inside an arc source discharge vacuum... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110250030 | OXIDE COATED CUTTING INSERT A cutting tool insert, particularly useful for machining of cast iron, comprising a body of a hard alloy of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics, cubic boron nitride based material or high speed steel a hard and wear resistant coating; and at least (Al,Cr)2O 10/13/2011 | |
| 20110198214 | MESOPOROUS SILICA FILM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF In a mesoporous silica film formed on a non-single-crystalline carbon film having structural anisotropy on a substrate in-plane arrangement of the pores is controlled in one direction, which is defined by the structural anisotropy of the carbon film.... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110186420 | METHOD FOR RAPID DEPOSITION OF A COATING ON A SUBSTRATE A process of depositing a coating on a substrate, the method comprising the steps of: (a) depositing material on a substrate by performing a cathodic Vacuum arc (CVA) deposition step; and (b) depositing material on a substrate by performing at least one of a chemical va... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110177460 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN IMAGE ON A SUBSTRATE The present invention is directed to a process for producing an image on a substrate and a substrate having an image deposited thereon using the aforementioned processes.... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110140367 | NOVEL COATING HAVING REDUCED STRESS AND A METHOD OF DEPOSITING THE COATING ON A SUBSTRATE A method of depositing a coating on a substrate, the method comprising the steps of: (a) depositing material on a substrate by performing a cathodic vacuum arc (CVA) deposition step; and (b) depositing material on a substrate by performing a physical vapor deposition (P... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110114474 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPOSITION OF DIFFUSION THIN FILM This invention relates to a method and apparatus for deposition of a diffused thin film, useful in the fabrication of semiconductors and for the surface DC-Bias coating of various tools. In order to coat the surface of a treatment object, such as semiconductors, various... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110111193 | COATING SYSTEM, COATED WORKPIECE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME The coating system comprises: at least one layer of type A, a layer of type A substantially consisting of (AlyCr1-y)X, wherein X depicts one of the group consisting of N, CN, BN, NO, CNO, CBN, BNO and CNBO, y describing the stoichiometric compositi... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110111197 | MULTILAYERED COATED CUTTING TOOL A cutting tool includes a body of a hard alloy of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics, cubic boron nitride based material or high speed steel and on which at least one of the functioning parts of the surface thereof, a hard and wear resistant coating is applied. The coat... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110081503 | Method of depositing stable and adhesive interface between fluorine-based low-k material and metal barrier layer A method of integrating a fluorine-based dielectric with a metallization scheme is described. The method includes forming a fluorine-based dielectric layer on a substrate, forming a metal-containing layer on the substrate, and adding a buffer layer or modifying a compos... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110058279 | OVERCOAT HAVING A LOW SILICON/CARBON RATIO A slider for an information storage system. The slider comprising a single overcoat layer, wherein the layer is deposited onto an ABS of the slider by a filtered cathodic arc process, the layer having a Si/C ratio less than about 10% and a thickness of less than about 1... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110044775 | OXIDE COATED CUTTING INSERT A cutting tool insert includes a body of a hard alloy of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics, cubic boron nitride based material or high speed steel a hard and wear resistant coating, including one or several layers, at least one of which is an (Al,Cr)2O3... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045245 | OXIDE COATED CUTTING INSERT The present invention relates to a cutting tool insert comprising a body of a hard alloy of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics, cubic boron nitride based material or high speed steel a hard and wear resistant coating, comprising one or several layers, at least one of wh... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20100304102 | Layer arrangement for the formation of a coating on a surface of a substrate, coating method, and substrate with a layer arrangement The invention relates to a layer arrangement (1) for the formation of a coating on a surface (2) of a substrate (3), in a particular on the surface (2) of a tool (3), wherein the layer arrangement comprises at least one hard layer (... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100230276 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THIN FILM DEPOSITION USING A VACUUM ARC IN AN ENCLOSED CATHODE-ANODE ASSEMBLY A vacuum-arc device including: a consumable cathode including a first material having a defined active surface, a refractory anode including a second material, an inter-electrode volume, bounded partially by at least a portion of an inner wall of the cathode and by at l... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100213054 | VACUUM COATING APPARATUS WITH MUTIPLE ANODES AND FILM COATING METHOD USING THE SAME A vacuum coating apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a cathode target, a plurality of anodes, a transiting device, a pulsed arc discharge device, and a pulsed laser device. The plurality of anodes is placed on the transiting device and successively passes tho... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100171272 | PISTON RING Disclosed is a piston ring comprising a supporting material and a wear-resistant coating. The wear-resistant coating is composed of a ternary system A-B—N which is applied using a PVD process and in which A and B each represent an element form the group encompassing T... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100143232 | METAL BINARY AND TERNARY COMPOUNDS PRODUCED BY CATHODIC ARC DEPOSITION The present invention allows the relatively easy production of binary and ternary compounds of metals, including noble metals. Embodiments of the invention allow, for the first time, the production of novel compositions of metal compounds, such as thick, stress-free sin... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100120145 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL BIOCOMPATIBLE SKELETON STRUCTURE CONTAINING NANOPARTICLES The invention relates to a cell culture system comprising a three-dimensional, biocompatible frame structure and biocompatible nanoparticles, a method for the cultivation of cells, and the preparation of cells or cell products and tissues per se by means of such a cell ... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100108636 | Integrated Tool for Fabricating an Electronic Component A tool for use in fabricating an electronic component includes a plurality of processing modules and a transfer chamber in communication with each of the plurality of processing modules. The transfer chamber includes a component for transferring a structure to each of t... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100044214 | PHYSICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION COATING DEVICE AS WELL AS A PHYSICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION METHOD The invention relates to a physical vapour deposition coating device (1), comprising a process chamber (2) with an anode (3) and a consumable cathode (4) to be consumed by an electrical discharge for coating a substrate located within the pro... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100032581 | MICRO-GRIPPER A method is described for producing a micro-gripper, which comprises a base body and a gripping body connected integrally to the base body, which projects beyond the base body and provides a receptacle slot on a free end area in such a way that a micrometer-scale or sub... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090294281 | PLASMA FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND FILM MANUFACTURING METHOD A plasma film forming apparatus having a plasma gun which emits a plasma beam and a magnet which applies a magnetic field to the plasma beam emitted from the plasma gun to deform the beam section of the plasma beam into an almost rectangular or elliptic shape includes a... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090226273 | Layered Coated Cutting Tool Cutting tool inserts comprising a substrate selected from the group consisting of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics, cubic boron nitride based material, and high speed steel; and a hard and wear-resistant coating comprising laminar polycrystalline metal nitrides layers... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090169845 | STRUCTURAL MATERIAL OF DIAMOND LIKE CARBON COMPOSITE LAYERS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A structural material of diamond like carbon (DLC) composite layers is provided. The structural material includes a composite material which is consisted of a metal layer, a first metal nitride layer, and a DLC thin film. The metal layer includes aluminum (Al), copper (... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090135521 | Protective film forming method To provide a high-quality protection target by forming a protective film that is thin and excellent in corrosion resistance. Provided is a protective film forming method for forming a protective film at least on a surface of a protection target. The method comprises: a ... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090127102 | PLASMA DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD A plasma deposition apparatus includes a cathode assembly including a cathode disk and a water-coolable cathode holder supporting the cathode disk, an anode assembly including a water-coolable anode holder, a substrate mounted on the anode holder to serve as an anode, a... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090026067 | Droplet Removing Device and Method in Plasma Generator There is provided a device for removing droplets in a plasma generator by which droplets can be surely separated from a plasma traveling from an arc discharge section and can be certainly removed, so that it can be prevented for the droplets to reach an article being pr... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20080116058 | Filtered cathodic arc deposition method and apparatus An apparatus for the application of coatings in a vacuum comprising a plasma duct surrounded by a magnetic deflecting system communicating with a first plasma source and a coating chamber in which a substrate holder is arranged off of an optical axis of the plasma sourc... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080102305 | Adhesiveless Copper Clad Laminates And Method For Manufacturing Thereof The present invention provides adhesiveless copper clad laminates wherein there is formed a copper film layer having high adhesiveness and insulation reliability, and a method for manufacturing such adhesiveless copper clad laminates. In ad... | 05/01/2008 |
