# US 6,296,951 B1 · Laminated chromium plating layers having superior wear resistance and fatigue strength

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- Number: US 6,296,951 B1
- Document ID: US6296951B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 09/339,811
- Filed: 1999-06-25
- Granted: 2001-10-02
- Earliest claimed: 1998-06-26
- Assignees: Nippon Piston Ring Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yukio Tateishi; Motonobu Onoda; Katsuaki Ogawa; Kazuo Shimizu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6296951B1

## CPC

- C25D 5/14: two or more layers being of nickel or chromium, e.g. duplex or triplex layers
- Y10S 428/935: Electroplating
- Y10T 428/12632: Four or more distinct components with alternate recurrence of each type component
- Y10T 428/12639: Adjacent, identical composition, components
- Y10T 428/12847: Cr-base component
- Y10T 428/12854: Next to Co-, Fe-, or Ni-base component
- C25D: PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A laminated chromium plating layers providing improved wear resistance and fatigue strength for use in mechanical parts of an internal combustion engine. The lamination is formed on a base body and contains a plurality of high hardness chromium plating layer and a plurality of low hardness chromium plating layer, and each high hardness chromium plating layer is formed upon each low hardness chromium plating layer to provide the lamination of alternating high hardness chromium plating layer and low hardness chromium plating layer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A lamination of chromium plating layers formed on a surface of a base body to be plated, the lamination comprises:
a plurality of high hardness chromium plating layers;
a plurality of low hardness chromium plating layers with hardness lower than that of the high hardness chromium plating layers, each high hardness chromium plating layer being formed upon each low hardness chromium plating layer to provide the lamination of an alternating high hardness chromium plating and low hardness chromium plating layer; and
wherein each high hardness chromium plating layer has a thickness greater than that of each low hardness chromium plating layer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The lamination of chromium plating layers as claimed in claim 1, wherein each high hardness chromium plating layer has a thickness ranging from 2 to 50 μm, and each low hardness chromium plating layer has a thickness ranging from 0.1 to 40 μm.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The lamination of chromium plating layers as claimed in claim 1, wherein the high hardness chromium plating layers have a hardness ranging from Hv750 to Hv1200.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The lamination of chromium plating layers as claimed in claim 1, wherein the high hardness chromium plating layer is formed directly on the surface of the base body as a first layer, the first layer having a thickness ranging from 0.1 to 50 μm, whereby a top surface portion of the lamination provides a toughness greater than that of a remaining part of the lamination.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The lamination of chromium plating layers as claimed in claim 1, wherein the low hardness chromium plating layer is formed directly on the surface of the base body as a first layer, the first layer having a thickness ranging from 0.1 to 50 μm, whereby a toughness of entire lamination can be improved.