Patent 7163747 was granted and assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft on January, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Masking layers for components according to the prior art react with the base material of the component and/or are difficult to remove again. The component according to the invention has a masking layer which can very easily be removed following coating of the components, since on the one hand the bonding between the masking layer and the base material of the component is poor, or the masking layer can easily be removed through penetration of a liquid.