US4749629A
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Ultrathin laminated oxide coatings and methods
Assignee: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc
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Filing: 1987-01-20
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Granted: 1988-06-07
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Expires: 2007-01-20
Abstract
Abstract A wear resistant article, such as a cutting tool. A hard ceramic or cemented carbide substrate is coated with a laminated oxide coating about 0.3-20 microns thick, having at least three ultrathin layers. Each layer is an oxide layer about 0.1-3 microns thick, predominantly of a different material than adjacent layers. The oxide or oxides of adjacent layers may be dispersed as discrete particles within one or more of the layers. A process for producing the article is also disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Vinod K. Sarin
- 👤 Hans E. Hintermann
- 👤 Gilbert Gindraux
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 00:16
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/22; C23C16/30; C23C16/40; C23C16/403; C23C16/405
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
A wear resistant article comprising a cemented carbide or hard ceramic substrate body; and a fully dense, adherent, wear resistant, laminated oxide coating about 0.3-20 microns thick deposited on the substrate body, and consisting essentially of at least three superimposed, adherent oxide layers, each about 0.1-3 microns thick, of materials independently selected from the oxides of aluminum, zirconium, and yttrium, each layer being predominantly of a different material than the layers adjacent thereto; wherein at least one of the oxide layers is about 0.1 to 0.5 microns thick.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
A wear resistant article comprising a cemented carbide or hard ceramic substrate body; and a fully dense, adherent, wear resistant, laminated oxide coating about 0.3-20 microns thick deposited on the substrate body, and consisting essentially of at least three superimposed, adherent oxide layers, each about 0.1-3 microns thick, of materials independently selected from the oxides of aluminum, zirconium, and yttrium, each layer being predominantly of a different material than the layers adjacent thereto; wherein at least one of the oxide layers is about 0.1 to 0.5 microns thick.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
56 words
An article according to claim 1 further comprising, between the substrate body and the laminated oxide coating, at least one adherent intermediate layer about 0.5-10 microns thick of one or more materials selected from the group consisting of the carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides of Ti, Zr, Hf, Va, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Si, and B.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
An article according to claim 1 wherein each of the layers is imperforate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
An article according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the layers includes one or more gaps, the layers adjacent thereto adherently bonding to one another through the gap.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
An article according to claim 1 wherein at least one layer includes discrete particles of at least one material predominant in a layer adjacent thereto.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
An article according to claim 1 wherein the laminated oxide coating consists essentially of five layers, three imperforate first-phase layers of one of the oxide materials being interleaved with two additional phase layers of materials independently selected from the remaining of the oxide materials.
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