Sliding film, member on which sliding film is formed, and manufacturing method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9481846-B2
Application number	US-201514837482-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2015
Priority date	Feb 28, 2013
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

There is provided a sliding film formed on a surface of a member which slides relative to another member. The sliding film includes, a metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer; and a surface layer that is formed on top of the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer and has a higher coefficient of kinetic friction than the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sliding film formed on a surface of a member which slides relative to another member, comprising:
a metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer; and
a surface layer that is formed on top of the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer and has a higher coefficient of kinetic friction than the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer, wherein a coefficient of kinetic friction of the surface layer is from 0.2 to 0.3.

2. The sliding film according to claim 1 , wherein the surface layer is made from a material having an electrical resistivity from 5×10 −6 to 5×10 −4 Ω·cm.

3. The sliding film according to claim 1 ,
wherein the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer consists of carbon atoms with sp 2 hybridized orbitals, carbon atoms with sp 3 hybridized orbitals, and metal atoms, and
wherein a percentage of carbon atoms with sp 3 hybridized orbitals in the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer is less than or equal to 59 at %.

4. The sliding film according to claim 1 , wherein a doping metal used for the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Al, Fe, Ni, Co, and Cr.

5. The sliding film according to claim 1 , wherein the surface layer is a chromium nitride film.

6. The sliding film according to claim 5 , wherein the surface layer is a chromium nitride CrN x film with x<0.5.

7. A mount for a camera body and/or a camera lens of a camera system in which the lens unit is attachable/detachable to and from the camera body, comprising:
a base material; and
a sliding film formed on the base material,
wherein the sliding film includes a metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer, and a surface layer that is formed on top of the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer and has a higher coefficient of kinetic friction than the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer, and wherein a coefficient of kinetic friction of the surface layer is from 0.2 to 0.3.

8. The mount for the camera system according to claim 7 , wherein the surface layer is made from a material having an electrical resistivity from 5×10 −6 to 5×10 −4 Ω·cm.

9. The mount for the camera system according to claim 7 , wherein an electrical resistivity of the sliding film is from 1×10 −5 to 1×10 −3 Ω·cm.

10. The mount for the camera system according to claim 7 ,
wherein the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer consists of carbon atoms with sp 2 hybridized orbitals, carbon atoms with sp 3 hybridized orbitals, and metal atoms, and
wherein a percentage of carbon atoms with sp 3 hybridized orbitals in the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer is less than or equal to 59 at %.

11. The mount for the camera system according to claim 7 , wherein a doping metal used for the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Al, Fe, Ni, Co, and Cr.

12. The mount for the camera system according to claim 7 , wherein the surface layer is a chromium nitride film.

13. The mount for the camera system according to claim 12 , wherein the surface layer is a chromium nitride CrN x film with x<0.5.

14. The mount for the camera system according to claim 7 , wherein the base material is made from a resin.

15. The mount for the camera system according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a metal layer made from at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Al, Fe, Ni, Co, and Cr is formed between the base material and the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer.

16. The mount for the camera system according to claim 7 ,
wherein a thickness of the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer is from 100 to 500 nm, and
wherein a thickness of the surface layer is from 10 to 100 nm.

17. A camera body on which the mount as defined in claim 7 is provided.

18. A lens unit on which the mount as defined in claim 7 is provided.

Assignees

• Nikon Corp

Inventors

• Taki Yusuke

Classifications

• C10N2030/06

  Oiliness; Film-strength; Anti-wear; Resistance to extreme pressure · CPC title

• C10M2201/0613

  used as base material · CPC title

• C10M171/00

  Lubricating compositions characterised by purely physical criteria, e.g. containing as base-material, thickener or additive, ingredients which are characterised exclusively by their numerically specified physical properties, i.e. containing ingredients which are physically well-defined but for which the chemical nature is either unspecified or only very vaguely indicated (chemically defined ingredients C10M101/00 - C10M169/00; petroleum fractions C10M101/02, C10M121/02, C10M159/04) · CPC title

• C10N2050/025

  in the form of films or sheets · CPC title

• C10M2201/0413

  used as base material · CPC title