US 12,071,694 B2
Method for manufacturing a component
Andrew Douglas Steinmetz, Peoria, IL (US); Douglas Trent Weaver, Brimfield, IL (US); and Roger Lee Recker, Dunlap, IL (US)
Assigned to Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US)
Filed by Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/504,979.
Application 16/504,979 is a division of application No. 15/145,203, filed on May 3, 2016, granted, now 10,458,012.
Prior Publication US 2019/0330729 A1, Oct. 31, 2019
Int. Cl. F16C 33/04 (2006.01); B62D 55/21 (2006.01); C23C 4/18 (2006.01); C23C 14/58 (2006.01); B62D 55/088 (2006.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC C23C 4/18 (2013.01) [B62D 55/21 (2013.01); C23C 14/5873 (2013.01); F16C 33/04 (2013.01); B62D 55/0887 (2013.01); F16C 11/04 (2013.01); F16C 2220/24 (2013.01); F16C 2223/42 (2013.01); F16C 2223/60 (2013.01); F16C 2223/70 (2013.01); F16C 2350/26 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A component having a surface, the component comprising:
a coating secured on the surface;
one or more fracture zones for controlling chipping of the coating from the surface, wherein each of the one or more fracture zones include a different thickness of the coating relative to a thickness of the coating adjacent to each of the one or more fracture zones;
the component defining an axis defining an axial direction, and the surface facing the axial direction; and
the one or more fracture zones extending circumferentially around the axis.