IP Library Granted Patent US 11,976,350
Granted Patent B2
US 11,976,350 · App. 16/971,688 · Granted May 7, 2024

Covering member and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Shuho Koseki (Tokyo, JP); Daiki Shinno (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
C23C14/0641C23C14/5873
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Patent No.
US 11,976,350
App. No.
16/971,688
Granted
May 7, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A covering member has a hard film on the surface of a base material, wherein the hard film comprises a layer A selected from a nitride, a carbonitride, an oxynitride, and an oxycarbonitride of Cr or CrM; a metal layer which is formed on the outer surface side of the A layer and includes Cr, Ti, or W; and a layer B which is formed on the outer surface side of the metal layer and selected from a nitride, a carbonitride, an oxynitride, and an oxycarbonitride of Cr or CrM, and wherein M is one or two or more from a Group 4 metal, a Group 5 metal, a Group 6 metal of the periodic table, Al, Si, and B, and strain is introduced in the outer surface side of the metal layer.

Claims (16)

1. A covering member having a hard film on a surface of a base material,

wherein the hard film includes a layer A selected from among a nitride, a carbonitride, an oxynitride, and an oxycarbonitride of Cr or CrM (M is one or two or more selected from among Group 4 metals, Group 5 metals, and Group 6 metals on the periodic table, Al, Si, and B),

a metal layer which is formed on an outer surface side of the layer A and contains Cr, Ti, or W, and

a layer B which is formed on the outer surface side of the metal layer and is selected from among a nitride, a carbonitride, an oxynitride, and an oxycarbonitride of Cr or CrM (M is one or two or more selected from among Group 4 metals, Group 5 metals, and Group 6 metals on the periodic table, Al, Si, and B), wherein the metal layer is between the layer A and the layer B, and

wherein strain is introduced into the outer surface side of the metal layer to form a strain area, the strain area is located at the outer surface side adjacent to the layer B.

2. The covering member according to claim 1 , wherein a second metal layer containing Cr, Ti, or W is provided on the outer surface side of the layer B.

3. The covering member according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of at least one of the layer A and the layer B is 4 to 20 μm.

4. The covering member according to claim 3 , wherein the thickness of at least one of the layer A and the layer B is 6 μm or more.

5. A method for manufacturing a covering member having a hard film on a surface of a base material, comprising:

a first coating step in which a base material is coated with a layer A selected from among a nitride, a carbonitride, an oxynitride, and an oxycarbonitride of Cr or CrM (M is one or two or more selected from among Group 4 metals, Group 5 metals, and Group 6 metals on the periodic table, Al, Si, and B);

a metal layer coating step in which a metal layer containing Cr, Ti, or W is coated after the layer A is coated;

a metal layer modifying step in which strain is introduced into a surface layer of the metal layer after the metal layer is coated; and

a second coating step in which a layer B selected from among a nitride, a carbonitride, an oxynitride, and an oxycarbonitride of Cr or CrM (M is one or two or more selected from among Group 4 metals, Group 5 metals, and Group 6 metals on the periodic table, Al, Si, and B) is coated after the metal layer modifying step.

6. The method for manufacturing a covering member according to claim 5 , wherein the metal layer modifying step is metal ion bombardment using Cr ions or Ti ions.

7. The method for manufacturing a covering member according to claim 5 , wherein a polishing step of polishing a surface of the layer A is performed between the first coating step and the metal layer coating step.

8. The method for manufacturing a covering member according to claim 5 , wherein a second metal layer coating step in which a second metal layer containing Cr, Ti or W is coated is provided after the second coating step.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 3, 2023
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063526/0046 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2020
From: KOSEKI, SHUHO; SHINNO, DAIKI
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 053608/0785 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-032834 · Feb 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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