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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6827977 | Method of making window unit including diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating A method of making a coated article (e.g., window unit), and corresponding coated article are provided. A layer of or including diamond-like carbon (DLC) is formed on a glass substrate. Then, a protective layer is formed on the substrate over the DLC inclusive layer... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6824836 | Protection overcoat for recording media A magnetic recording medium comprising a magnetic layer and a protective carbon-containing overcoat comprising a first carbon density, preferably of a low-density carbon, and a second carbon density different from the first carbon density, preferably of a high-densi... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6811610 | Method of making enhanced CVD diamond Single crystal CVD diamond is heated to temperatures of 1500° C. to 2900° C. under a pressure that prevents significant graphitization. The result is a CVD diamond with improved optical properties. ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6572935 | Optically transparent, scratch-resistant, diamond-like carbon coatings A plasma-based method for the deposition of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings is described. The process uses a radio-frequency inductively coupled discharge to generate a plasma at relatively low gas pressures. The deposition process is environmentally f... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6475565 | Process for producing a clothing wire for open-end spinning The invention relates to a process for producing a clothing wire which is suitable for fitting to an opening-cylinder base body, wherein a raw wire which is customarily used to produce clothing wire is processed on end to form a wire coil, in which the te... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6224952 | Electrostatic-erasing abrasion-proof coating and method for forming the same An abrasion-proof and static-erasing coating is formed on the contact surface of a contact image sensor. The coating comprises a first film having a high hardness and a low conductivity, a second film formed on the first film and having a low hardness and... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6171456 | Method for making improved long life bonding tools The present invention relates to post manufacturing operations for improving the working life of known bonding tools such as capillaries, wedges and single point TAB tools of the type used in the semiconductor industry to make fine wire or TAB finger inte... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6143142 | Composite coatings The invention describes composite coatings, in particular comprising carbon and another metallic element such as silicon or aluminium. These coatings have improved properties compared with pure tetrahedral amorphous carbon coatings, in that they have redu... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6110542 | Method for forming a film A method for forming a film by a plasma CVD process in which a high density plasma is generated in the presence of a magnetic field is described, characterized by that the electric power for generating the plasma has a pulsed waveform. The electric power ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6103305 | Method of forming a stress relieved amorphous tetrahedrally-coordinated carbon film A stress-relieved amorphous-diamond film is formed by depositing an amorphous diamond film with specific atomic structure and bonding on to a substrate, and annealing the film at sufficiently high temperature to relieve the compressive stress in said film... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6090456 | Process for large area deposition of diamond-like carbon films A new method for ion beam deposition of diamond-like carbon coatings onto a variety of substrates is described. A high power, radio frequency excited-inductively coupled ion gun directs a beam of carbon and hydrogen ions at a substrate inside an ultra vac... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6086962 | Method for deposition of diamond-like carbon and silicon-doped diamond-like carbon coatings from a hall-current ion source A unique Hall-Current ion source apparatus is used for direct ion beam deposition of DLC coatings with hardness values greater than 10 GPa and at deposition rates greater than 10 Å per second. This ion source has a unique fluid-cooled anode with a shadow... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6080445 | Method of forming films over insulating material A method of forming films over an insulating material is provided whereby an underlayer film having electric conductivity is formed on the surface of the insulating material constituting a base member, and a hard carbon film is formed over the underlayer ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6077572 | Method of coating edges with diamond-like carbon A method of creating a diamond-like carbon film on a substrate, including the steps of exposing the substrate to a hydrocarbon gas environment and generating plasma in the environment of an electron density greater than approximately 5×1010 pe... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6020036 | Method of forming hard carbon film over the inner surface of guide bush A guide bush (11), coming in sliding contact with a workpiece, for use in an automatic lathe is placed in a vacuum vessel (61), and after inserting an auxiliary electrode (71), which is grounded or to which a positive DC voltage is applied, in the center ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5985451 | Elastic product A master brake cylinder comprises a reservoir and a cylinder for generating fluid pressure. Provided in the cylinder is a sliding piston, and mounted to front and rear ends of piston are piston cups for sealing a gap between the piston and the cylinder. T... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5981057 | Diamond A CVD diamond layer for use as an insert in an abrasive tool characterized by the following features: (i) the layer contains boron dopant atoms in a concentration of at least 0.05 atomic percent; (ii) an average tensile rupture strength of at least 600 MPa wit... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5981000 | Method for fabricating a thermally stable diamond-like carbon film A method for fabricating a thermally stable carbon-based low dielectric constant film such as a hydrogenated amorphous carbon film or a diamond-like carbon film in a parallel plate chemical vapor deposition process utilizing plasma enhanced chemical vapor... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5952060 | Use of carbon-based films in extending the lifetime of substrate processing system components An apparatus for processing substrates that includes a processing chamber having an interior surface at least partially coated with a carbon-based coating. The carbon-based coating protects the interior of the chamber from etching gases and other reactant... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5677003 | Method for coating diamond-like carbon on head drums of a video cassette recorder The present invention discloses a method for coating diamond-like carbon on heads and head drums of a video cassette recorder (VCR) by physical vapor deposition-arc method, and VCR heads coated with diamond-like carbon.... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5662965 | Method of depositing crystalline carbon-based thin films Crystalline carbon-based thin film structures are formed in which a compositionally-graded intermediate layer is first deposited on a substrate, and a crystalline carbon-based thin film such as silicon carbide or diamond is deposited thereafter on the int... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5643423 | Method for producing an abrasion resistant coated substrate product The coated substrate product finds particular application in eyeglass and sunglass lenses, architectural glass, analytical instrument windows, automotive windshields and laser bar code scanners for use in retail stores and supermarkets. The product has gr... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5638251 | Capacitive thin films using diamond-like nanocomposite materials A method of making capacitors comprising, providing as the dielectric and/or conductive layers, a material made from a diamond-like nanocomposite solid-state material having interpenetrating atomic scale networks of carbon in a diamond-like carbon network... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5637353 | Abrasion wear resistant coated substrate product The coated substrate product finds particular application in eyeglass and sunglass lenses, architectural glass, analytical instrument windows, automotive windshields and laser bar code scanners for use in retail stores and supermarkets. The product has gr... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5635243 | Method of coating an organic substrate Energy, such as from one or more lasers, is directed at the surface of a substrate to mobilize and vaporize a constituent element (e.g., carbide) within the substrate (e.g., steel). The vaporized constituent element is reacted by the energy to alter its p... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5635245 | Process of making abrasion wear resistant coated substrate product The coated substrate product finds particular application in eyeglass and sunglass lenses, architectural glass, analytical instrument windows, automotive windshields and laser bar code scanners for use in retail stores and supermarkets. The product has gr... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5626908 | Method for producing silicon nitride based member coated with film of diamond Method for coating a substrate formed of a sintered silicon nitride based material with a film of diamond by a gas phase synthesis technique including a first step of applying a film having a thickness of 0.5 to 2.0 μm at a temperature not higher than a ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5554415 | Substrate coating techniques, including fabricating materials on a surface of a substrate Energy, such as from one or more lasers, is directed at the surface of a substrate to mobilize and vaporize a constituent element (e.g., carbide) within the substrate (e.g., steel). The vaporized constituent element is reacted by the energy to alter its p... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5547714 | Ion beam deposition of diamond-like carbon films A process forms an amorphous carbon film over a solid, which film has physical and chemical properties similar to those of diamond. Its ancillary objects are the solid bodies so coated and the self-sustained film obtained in a subsequent stage of dissolut... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5512330 | Parylene precursors for diamond-like carbon coatings The present invention provides a new class of precursors for forming an improved diamond-like carbon coating on a workpiece. The precursors of the present invention are paraxylylenes, preferably dimers of paraxylylene, which are solid at room temperature ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5510186 | Durable wideband anti-reflection coating for infrared windows An ultra hard, wideband anti-reflection coating for an IR window, such as GaAs, which resists environmental and chemical attack. The coating is designed to allow spectral transmission therethrough in a wide band, namely the 3 to 12 micron range. A claddin... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5491002 | Multilayer CVD diamond films Multilayer CVD diamond films are provided, wherein grain boundaries of the diamond layers are interrupted by renucleating and growing diamond on new nucleation sites comprised of metal. These nucleation sites are positioned on the interface between diamon... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5449531 | Method of fabricating oriented diamond films on nondiamond substrates and related structures A method for making an oriented diamond film includes the steps of saturating a surface region of a transition metal substrate, capable of dissolving carbon, with carbon and hydrogen; forming oriented diamond nuclei on the saturated surface region of the ... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5439753 | Electron emissive film A method for making an electron emissive film is provided. A substrate and a reaction chamber having a temperature and a pressure is provided. The temperature and the pressure are adjusted to a desired temperature and a desired pressure. A substrate is pl... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5431963 | Method for adhering diamondlike carbon to a substrate The electrical field at the surface of an electrode is graded by depositing a semiconductive coating thereon. An electrode substrate is powered at a preselected temperature and power. A mixture of gases is then passed through an electrical discharge to io... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5389400 | Method for making a diamond/carbon/carbon composite useful as an integral dielectric heat sink A method for producing a diamond/carbon/carbon composite is provided which includes the steps of densifying a preform of interwoven vapor grown carbon fibers form a carbon/carbon composite, and then depositing a polycrystalline diamond film on the carbon/... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5380408 | Etching process The present invention relates to an etching process for the purpose of removing binder phase from the surface of a hard metal consisting of hard material in a binder phase based on cobalt and/or nickel. By carrying out the etching process electrolytically... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5380557 | Carbon fluoride compositions Carbon fluoride solid compositions having a low fluorine-to-carbon ratio are produced by chemical vapor deposition processes. These carbon fluoride compositions have improved wettability characteristics over polytetrafluoroethylene. These compositions can... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5366556 | Process and apparatus for production of diamond-like films A process for production of diamond-like films comprising the steps of physically ablating a source of carbon in the vicinity of a substrate such that a carbon film grows on the substrate through bonding of carbon atoms in graphitic form and aliphatic for... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5346729 | Solar-induced chemical vapor deposition of diamond-type carbon films An improved chemical vapor deposition method for depositing transparent continuous coatings of sp3 -bonded diamond-type carbon films, comprising: a) providing a volatile hydrocarbon gas/H2 reactant mixture in a cold wall vacuum/chemi... | 09/13/1994 |
