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US 11,035,436 B2Granted
Chain element
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorMonir Asgar Pour Khezer Abad
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Abstract
Disclosed is a chain element (2), in particular for a power transmission chain of a chain drive, made of a carbon-containing material, especially steel, characterized by a core layer (5) that has a ferritic matrix structure including at least one hard phase that is distributed therein, and a hardened peripheral layer (6) that has a martensitic structure.
Claims13
A chain element made of a carbon-containing material, the chain element comprising:
- a core layer having a structure made of a ferritic matrix with at least one hard phase distributed therein;
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- a hardened peripheral layer having a martensitic structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.