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US 7,955,695 B2Granted
Three-dimensional orientation of grated flakes
AssigneeJDS Uniphase Corporation
InventorAlberto Argoitia
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Abstract
The invention relates to a coating on a surface, including a carrier and a plurality of flakes dispersed therein. The flakes are oriented quasi-normally to the surface and have grooves extending quasi-parallel to the surface, wherein the plurality of flakes forms at least 50% of all grated flakes in the coating. The invention also relates to a method of aligning the flakes using external fields of different orientations.
Claims14
A coating on a surface, comprising:
- a carrier and
- a plurality of flakes dispersed therein,
- wherein
- each of the plurality of flakes is oriented quasi-normally to the surface and has a first set of grooves extending along a first direction quasi-parallel to the surface;
- and wherein the plurality of flakes forms at least 50% of all grated flakes in the coating.
2 more elements
A coating on a surface, comprising:
- a carrier, a first plurality of flakes dispersed in a first region of the coating and a second plurality of flakes disperse in a second region of the coating,
- wherein each of the first plurality of flakes is oriented quasi-normally to the surface and has a first set of grooves extending quasi-parallel to the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.