Component, and watch, portable terminal, and personal ornament using the same

US9816162B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9816162-B2
Application numberUS-201414915165-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 29, 2014
Priority dateAug 30, 2013
Publication dateNov 14, 2017
Grant dateNov 14, 2017

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An ornamental component has an ornamental face, and includes a titanium nitride sintered body containing nickel and niobium, and the titanium nitride sintered body contains a compound including nickel, niobium and titanium.

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The invention claimed is: 1. An ornamental component having an ornamental face which has an arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra of less than or equal to 0.03 μm in a roughness curve, comprising a titanium nitride sintered body containing nickel and niobium, the titanium nitride sintered body containing a compound comprising nickel, niobium and titanium, the ornamental face having a lightness index L* of greater than or equal to 65 but less than or equal to 71, a chromaticness index a* of greater than or equal to 4 but less than or equal to 8, and a chromaticness index b* of greater than or equal to 4 but less than or equal to 20 according to CIE 1976 L*a*b* color space. 2. The ornamental component according to claim 1 , wherein a content of free carbon is greater than or equal to 0.5 mass % but less than or equal to 1.2 mass % based on a total mass of all of constituents of the titanium nitride sintered body defined as 100 mass %. 3. The ornamental component according to claim 1 , wherein the titanium nitride sintered body contains chromium, and contains a compound comprising nickel and chromium. 4. The ornamental component according to claim 1 , wherein the titanium nitride sintered body contains at least one of molybdenum, tungsten and cobalt. 5. A watch, comprising the ornamental component according to claim 1 . 6. A portable terminal, comprising the ornamental component according to claim 1 . 7. A personal ornament, comprising the ornamental component according to claim 1 .

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  • Materials or processes of manufacturing pocket watch or wrist watch cases {(machines or tools for the manufacture of clockwork cases G04D3/0064, G04D3/0097, G04D3/029; decoration or tools therefor G04B45/0076)} · CPC title

  • C22C29/16Primary

    based on nitrides {(containing cubic BN or wurtzitic BN and diamond C22C26/00)} · CPC title

  • with in situ formation of hard compounds · CPC title

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What does patent US9816162B2 cover?
An ornamental component has an ornamental face, and includes a titanium nitride sintered body containing nickel and niobium, and the titanium nitride sintered body contains a compound including nickel, niobium and titanium.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Kyocera Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification C22C29/16. Mapped technology areas include Chemistry & Metallurgy.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Nov 14 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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