US Patent Issued to Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies on Feb. 17 for "Multi-layered diamond-like carbon coating for electronic components" (Kansas, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,207, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies LLC (Kansas City, Mo.).

"Multi-layered diamond-like carbon coating for electronic components" was invented by Thomas Matthew Selter (Blue Springs, Mo.) and Michael Alan Walsh (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-layer coating on an outer surface of a substrate includes a first layer applied directly to the outer surface of the substrate. The first layer includes diamond-like carbon (DLC) configured to mitigate metal whisker formation. A second layer is applied on a top surface of the first layer. The second layer is a conform...