IP Library Granted Patent US 7,910,217
Granted Patent B2
US 7,910,217 · App. 11/935,461 · Granted Mar 22, 2011

Wear resistant coatings for race land regions of bearing materials

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Patent No.
US 7,910,217
App. No.
11/935,461
Granted
Mar 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of a coated substrate (for example, a coated race land region of a roller bearing element) comprise a metallic substrate, a ceramic underlayer comprising a nitride, a carbide, a carbonitride, a boride, or combinations thereof disposed over the metallic substrate, and a mixed layer comprising titanium nitride and silver disposed over the ceramic underlayer; and an overlayer disposed over the mixed layer.

Claims (32)

1. A coated substrate comprising:

a metallic substrate;

a ceramic underlayer comprising a nitride, a carbide, a carbonitride, a boride, or combinations thereof disposed over the metallic substrate;

a mixed layer comprising titanium nitride and silver disposed over the metal underlayer, wherein the mixed layer comprises about 95.0 to about 99.0% by wt TiN and about 1.0 to about 5.0% by wt Ag; and

a silver overlayer disposed over the mixed layer.

2. The coated substrate of claim 1 wherein the mixed layer comprises a thickness of about 0.5 to about 1.0 μm.

3. The coated substrate of claim 1 wherein the mixed layer is a composite nanocoating comprising particle sizes of about 10 to about 100 nm.

4. The coated substrate of claim 1 further comprising a metal layer disposed between the metallic substrate and the metal underlayer.

5. The coated substrate of claim 1 wherein the substrate comprises stainless steel.

6. The coated substrate of claim 1 wherein the ceramic underlayer comprises Ti, Cr, Al, Zr, Hf, Nb, V, or combinations thereof.

7. The coated substrate of claim 1 wherein the substrate is a race land region of a roller bearing.

8. A turbine bearing comprising the coated race land region of claim 7 .

9. A coated substrate comprising:

a stainless steel substrate;

a titanium nitride underlayer disposed over the stainless steel substrate;

a metal layer disposed between the stainless steel substrate and the titanium nitride underlayer;

a mixed layer comprising titanium nitride and silver disposed over the titanium nitride underlayer; and

a silver overlayer disposed over the mixed layer.

10. The coated substrate of claim 9 wherein the mixed layer comprises a thickness of about 0.5 to about 1.0 μm.

11. The coated substrate of claim 9 wherein the mixed layer is a composite nanocoating comprising particle sizes of about 10 to about 100 nm.

12. The coated substrate of claim 9 wherein the mixed layer comprises about 95.0 to about 99.0% by wt TiN and about 1.0 to about 5.0% by wt Ag.

13. A coated substrate comprising:

a metallic substrate;

a ceramic underlayer comprising a nitride, a carbide, a carbonitride, a boride, or combinations thereof disposed over the metallic substrate;

a mixed layer comprising titanium nitride and silver disposed over the metal underlayer, wherein the mixed layer is a composite nanocoating comprising particle sizes of about 10 to about 100 nm; and

a silver overlayer disposed over the mixed layer.

14. The coated substrate of claim 13 further comprising a metal layer disposed between the metallic substrate and the metal underlayer.

15. The coated substrate of claim 13 wherein the mixed layer comprises a thickness of about 0.5 to about 1.0 μm.

16. The coated substrate of claim 13 wherein the mixed layer comprises about 95.0 to about 99.0% by wt TiN and about 1.0 to about 5.0% by wt Ag.

17. The coated substrate of claim 13 wherein the substrate comprises stainless steel.

18. The coated substrate of claim 13 wherein the ceramic underlayer comprises Ti, Cr, Al, Zr, Hf, Nb, V, or combinations thereof.

19. The coated substrate of claim 13 wherein the substrate is a race land region of a roller bearing.

Assignments (2)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2025
From: APOGEM CAPITAL LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: BLUEHALO, LLC; SR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 071168/0399 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2024
From: UES, INC.; SR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: APOGEM CAPITAL LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067354/0258 →