IP Library Granted Patent US 12689007
Granted Patent B2
US 12689007 · App. 19/079,024 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Structural member

Inventors: Morio Hosokawa (Fukuoka, JP); Tatsuya Koga (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: TOTO LTD.
H01J37/32495H01J37/32467H01J2237/0213
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12689007
App. No.
19/079,024
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A structural member 10 has a base material 100 and a protective film 200 covering the surface S 1 of the base material 100 . When a section obtained by cutting the base material 100 perpendicularly to the surface S 1 thereof is defined as a cross-section, a shape of a line corresponding to the surface S 1 of the base material 100 in the cross-section is defined as a surface shape, and Fourier transformation is performed on a function representing the surface shape, and the transformed function is drawn as a graph with wavelength (μm) on a horizontal axis, an average slope of the graph in a range where the wavelength is 30 μm or less is 0.0050 or less.

Claims (12)

1 . A structural member comprising:

a base material, and

a protective film covering a surface of the base material,

wherein,

when a section obtained by cutting the base material perpendicularly to the surface thereof is defined as a cross-section,

a shape of a line corresponding to the surface of the base material in the cross-section is defined as a surface shape, and

Fourier transformation is performed on a function representing the surface shape, and the transformed function is drawn as a graph with wavelength (μm) on a horizontal axis,

an average slope of the graph in a range where the wavelength is 30 μm or less is 0.0050 or less.

2 . The structural member according to claim 1 , wherein a surface roughness of the base material is a roughness with an arithmetic average roughness Ra of more than 0.15 μm.

3 . The structural member according to claim 1 , wherein the base material is formed of a material containing aluminum oxide.

4 . The structural member according to claim 1 , wherein the protective film is formed of a material containing yttrium oxide.

5 . The structural member according to claim 1 , wherein the protective film is formed by an aerosol deposition method.