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Patent US8220489 - Faucet with wear-resistant valve component - Google Patents
A valve component for a faucet includes a base material, a strengthening layer provided above the base material, and an amorphous diamond material provided above the strengthening layer. The amorphous diamond material having a hardness that is at least 20 GPa and less than 45 GPa and a modulus that is...http://www.google.com/patents/US8220489?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8220489 - Faucet with wear-resistant valve component
Publication number US8220489 B2
Application number US 12/859,085
Also published as CA2748920A1, CA2748920C, CN102418794A, CN102418794B, EP2420710A1, EP2420710B1, US20110011476
Publication number 12859085, 859085, US 8220489 B2, US 8220489B2, US-B2-8220489, US8220489 B2, US8220489B2
Inventors Klaus Brondum
Patent Citations (504), Non-Patent Citations (79), Classifications (13), Legal Events (3)
US 8220489 B2
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Cooperative Classification F16K11/0782, F16K11/0655, Y10T137/86823, Y10T137/9464, F16K25/005, Y10T137/86549
European Classification F16K11/065B, F16K25/00B, F16K11/078B
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