US Patent Issued to SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE on Aug. 18 for "Variable hardness nanocomposite coating" (Texas, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,794, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (San Antonio).

"Variable hardness nanocomposite coating" was invented by Jianliang Lin (Helotes, Texas), Peter Mark Lee (Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas) and Lake Speed Jr. (Concord, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable hardness nanocomposite coating and method for its production. The variable hardness nanocomposite coating can be applied as a single layer on metallic engine components that require a break-in to achieve physical mating of interacting surfaces thereby reducing friction and optimizing engine performance. The single layer nanocomposite coating has a r...