Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090087673 | Method for coating fuel system components - The present disclosure includes a method of producing a fuel system component. The method includes providing a substrate and a coating, wherein the substrate comprises steel and the coating comprises a metal nitride. The method also includes applying the coating to at least part of the substrate using a magnetron sputtering deposition process substantially conducted at a temperature less than about 200° C. | 04-02-2009 |
20100078314 | METHOD FOR COATING FUEL SYSTEM COMPONENTS - The present disclosure includes a method of producing a fuel system component. The method includes providing a substrate and a coating, wherein the substrate comprises steel and the coating comprises a metal nitride. The method also includes applying the coating to at least part of the substrate using a magnetron sputtering deposition process substantially conducted at a temperature less than about 200° C. | 04-01-2010 |
20100221425 | Textured Coating on a Component Surface - The present disclosure is directed to a method of making a textured coating on a wear surface of a component. The method includes applying a mask on the surface and depositing a tribological coating on the surface. The method further includes removing the mask. | 09-02-2010 |
20130153064 | Brazed assembly and method of forming - An assembly includes a first plate member with a first generally planar abutting surface and a second plate member with a second generally planar abutting surface. The first abutting surface being generally planar and having a plurality of micro reservoirs for storing brazing material. The first abutting surface and the second abutting surface being positioned adjacent each other and being joined by brazing material from the plurality of micro reservoirs. | 06-20-2013 |
20140056550 | Remanufacturing of Bearings Using Isotropic Finishing and Thin Film Coatings - A method and system for processing a bearing component to extend its useful life include using the component in the bearing assembly for a portion of its initial useful life and then removing the component from the bearing assembly. The surface of the removed component is subjected to isotropic finishing, after which a protective wear coating is applied to the surface of the component. Once processed, the used bearing component is reinstalled for use. | 02-27-2014 |
20140209063 | Valve Assembly For Fuel System And Method - A valve assembly in an internal combustion engine fuel system includes a valve member movable within a valve body to contact a valve seat and block fluid communication between first and second passages. The valve seat and valve member each include a multi-layered coating having a harder metal nitride base layer and a softer metal nitride outer layer. The base layer is relatively incompliant to impacts between the valve member and the valve seat, and the outer layer is relatively compliant to the impacts and thereby deformable. Related methodology is disclosed. | 07-31-2014 |
20140291060 | Machine Bearing System Including Hard Thin Film And Method Of Using Same - A bearing system includes a sleeve bearing supported on a shaft and a gear supported on the sleeve bearing. The shaft has an outer diameter shaft surface, the sleeve bearing has an inner diameter bearing surface and an outer diameter bearing surface, and the gear has a gear bore surface. At least one of the outer diameter shaft surface, the inner diameter bearing surface, the outer diameter bearing surface, and the gear bore surface includes an isotropic surface finish and a hard thin film over the isotropic surface finish. During a break-in period of operation of the bearing system, the hard thin film over the isotropic surface finish breaks in a counter surface of the bearing system to extend a hydrodynamic lubrication period of operation of the bearing system. | 10-02-2014 |
20150197918 | THIN FILM COATING FOR LINKAGE PIN - A linkage pin joint assembly may include a portion of a first machine member having a first bore, a portion of a second machine member having a second bore, and a linkage pin pivotally interconnecting at least the first and second machine members. The linkage pin may extend between the first and second machine members, and be positioned at least partially within the first bore of the first machine member and the second bore of the second machine member. The linkage pin may extending at least partially through the first and second bores and pivotally support the first and second machine members relative to each other. The linkage pin may be coated with a diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating over at least a portion of an outer diameter surface of the linkage pin, the coating providing a contact layer between the outer diameter surface of the linkage pin and at least one of a mating inner diameter surface of a joint bushing positioned within one of the first and second bores through the first and second machine members and a mating inner diameter surface of one of the first and second bores. | 07-16-2015 |