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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8088498 | Electro-formed sheath for use on airfoil components An article for protecting an airfoil component includes a sheath having an outer side and an inner side that forms a cavity for receiving a leading edge of the airfoil component. The sheath is made of cobalt and phosphorus to protect the leading edge of the airfoil ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8053089 | Single layer bond coat and method of application A protective coating system for metal components includes a superalloy metal substrate, such as a component of a gas turbine. A single layer bond coat is applied to the superalloy metal substrate in a thermal spray process from a homogeneous powder composition havin... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8025984 | Protective layer for protecting a component against corrosion and oxidation at high temperatures, and component Known protective layers with a high Al and/or Cr content and additionally strengthened by Re form brittle phases which become more brittle during use under the influence of carbon. The protective layer according to the invention has the composition 0.5 to 2% rhenium... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7993759 | Corrosion coating for turbine blade environmental protection A gas turbine engine turbine blade comprising an airfoil section, a platform section, an under platform section, and a dovetail section, an exterior surface of the dovetail section comprising a shank exterior surface and a serrated exterior surface. The blade furthe... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7901790 | High temperature component with thermal barrier coating and gas turbine using the same There is provided a high temperature component with a thermal barrier coating, which can be used as a high temperature component for a gas turbine, an aircraft gas turbine engine, or the like. A top coat is formed of a ceramic on a bond coat, the bond coat being for... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7879459 | Metallic alloy composition and protective coating A protective coating system includes a coating having a composition that includes about 5-40 wt % of chromium, of about 5-35 wt % of aluminum, about 0.1-9 wt % of at least one of silicon, hafnium, or magnesium, about 0.05-2 wt % of a Group IIIB Periodic Table elemen... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7736753 | Formation of nanostructures comprising compositionally modulated ferromagnetic layers by pulsed ECD The present invention is related to a method for forming a structure that contains alternating first and second ferromagnetic layers of different material compositions. A substrate containing a supporting matrix with at least one open pore and a conductive base laye... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7695827 | Component with a protective layer The invention relates to a component having a substrate and a protective layer, which consists of an intermediate NiCoCrAlY layer zone on or near the substrate and an outer layer zone which is arranged on the intermediate NiCoCrAlY layer zone, which is characterized... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7641985 | Boron free joint for superalloy component A boron-free and silicon-free bonding alloy (16) for joining with a superalloy base material (12, 14). The bonding alloy includes aluminum in a concentration that is higher than the concentration of aluminum in the base material in order to depress the... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7445854 | Seal system It is disclosed a method of deposting a seal coating and a seal system comprising at least two layers on the surface of an article. The upper or surface layer has a higher chromium activity than a bottom layer to reduce a diffusion of cobalt and the formation of cob... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7396595 | Soft metal and method for preparation thereof, and exterior part of watch and method for preparation thereof A soft metal and a decorative article of wristwatch are produced by forming, on the surface of a soft metal article (2), a hard layer (3, 13) containing zirconium and molybdenum, or containing zirconium, molybdenum and further an additive element const... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7368177 | Highly oxidation resistant component An oxidation resistant component is disclosed comprising a substrate and a protective layer. The protective layer consists of an inner MCrAlY layer contiguous with the substrate and an outer layer consisting of at least Ni and Al and having a β-NiAl structure ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367110 | Method of fabricating a read head having shaped read sensor-biasing layer junctions using partial milling A method for fabricating a read head for a magnetic disk drive having a read head sensor and a hard bias layer, where the read head has a shaped junction between the read head sensor and the hard bias layer. The method includes providing a layered wafer stack to be ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364801 | Turbine component protected with environmental coating An environmental coating suitable for use on turbine components, such as turbine disks and turbine seal elements, formed of alloys susceptible to oxidation and hot corrosion. The environmental coating is predominantly a solid solution phase of nickel, iron, and/or c... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354660 | High performance alloys with improved metal dusting corrosion resistance Alloy compositions which are resistant to metal dusting corrosion are provided by the present invention. Also provided are methods for preventing metal dusting on metal surfaces exposed to carbon supersaturated environments. The alloy compositions include an alloy (... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341796 | Copper foil having blackened surface or layer A copper foil with a blackened surface or layer wherein one or both surfaces of a copper foil is subject to black treatment, and having a color difference ΔL*≦−70 and chroma C*≦15 of a black-treated surface when measured by a color difference meter represente... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338645 | Method and system for reducing decomposition byproducts in a methanol to olefin reactor system Disclosed is a method and system for reducing the formation of metal catalyzed side-reaction byproducts formed in the feed vaporization and introduction system of a methanol to olefin reactor system by forming and/or coating one or more of the heating devices, feed ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335427 | Preform and method of repairing nickel-base superalloys and components repaired thereby A process for repairing a turbine component of a turbomachine, as well as a sintered preform used in the process and a high gamma-prime nickel-base superalloy component repaired thereby. The sintered preform contains a sintered mixture of powders of a cobalt-base br... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332024 | Aluminizing composition and method for application within internal passages An aluminizing composition includes an aluminum-based powder, an inert organic pyrolysable thickener, and a binder selected from the group consisting of colloidal silica, at least one organic resin, and combinations thereof. A method for aluminizing an internal pass... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316850 | Modified MCrAlY coatings on turbine blade tips with improved durability There is provided a method for depositing a modified MCrAlY coating on a turbine blade tip. The method utilizes laser deposition techniques to provide a metallurgical bond between a turbine blade substrate, such as a superalloy substrate, and the modified MCrAlY com... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311981 | Gas turbine part provided with a protective coating A gas turbine part comprises a superalloy metal substrate, a bonding underlayer formed on the substrate and comprising an intermetallic compound of aluminum, nickel, and platinum, and a ceramic outer layer anchored on the alumina film formed on the bonding underlaye... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7288328 | Superalloy article having a gamma-prime nickel aluminide coating An article for use in hostile thermal environments, such as a component of a gas turbine engine. The article includes a nickel-base superalloy substrate that is prone to formation of a deleterious secondary reaction zone (SRZ), and an overlay coating having a predom... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285338 | Anisotropic thin-film rare-earth permanent magnet An anisotropic thin-film rare-earth permanent magnet endowed with high magnetic characteristics by rendering a vapor-phase-grown thin film anisotropic in the layering direction. The atomic laminate units are formed by laminating a monoatomic layer of a rare earth el... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279239 | Laminating product including adhesion layer and laminate product including protective film In a laminate product formed by an organic member and/or an inorganic member, high strength adhesion between the organic member and the inorganic member is achieved by providing an adhesion layer which includes amorphous carbon nitride (a-CNx:H) particularly between... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273667 | Longitudinal multi-layer magnetic recording medium A magnetic recording medium capable of attaining high in-plane recording density of 100 Mbits or more per 1 mm2 is provided. Magnetic recording medium is provided in which underlayers, a first magnetic layer, a first intermediate layer, a second magnetic ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264888 | Coating systems containing gamma-prime nickel aluminide coating An overlay coating for articles used in hostile thermal environments. The coating has a predominantly gamma prime-phase nickel aluminide (Ni3Al) composition suitable for use as an environmental coating and as a bond coat for a thermal barrier coating. The... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264887 | MCrAlY bond coating and method of depositing said MCrAlY bond coating A method of depositing a bond coating to a surface of an article includes the steps of depositing an inner layer of the bond coating consisting of β-NiAl comprising Fe, Ga, Mo, B, Hf or Zr or γ/β-MCrAlY comprising Fe, Ga, Mo, B, Hf or Zr or γ/γ′- or γ-MCrAlY... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261955 | MCrAlX alloy and turbine component having protective layer made from MCrAlX alloy Protective layers of the MCrAlX type according to the prior art are often provided with a platinum layer to prevent diffusion of elements out of the base material into the MCrAlX. The MCrAlX alloy according to the invention includes halogens (F, Cl, Br, I), which pr... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7229701 | Chromium and active elements modified platinum aluminide coatings The present invention provides a chromium and active elements modified platinum aluminide coating that may be used on a surface of a gas turbine engine component such as a turbine blade. The coating may be used as a protective coating that impedes the progress of co... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7172821 | Coating material having corrosion resistance and wear resistance A coating material has a first layer deposited on a base material and a second layer deposited on the first layer. The first layer is made of a Ni-base alloy or a Co-base alloy containing carbon as an unavoidable impurity. The second layer is made of a hard material... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169478 | Aluminum-based multinary alloys and their use as heat- and corrosion-resistant coatings Multinary alloys, in particular for use as coatings, if appropriate in combination with other types of layers, for components which are exposed to high temperatures and corrosive gases. The alloys are of the general form: Al—Ni—Ru-M, where at least one B2 phase ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7144629 | Electrostatic-erasing abrasion-proof coating and method for forming the same An abrasion-proof and static-erasing coating is formed on the contact surface of a contact image sensor. The coating comprises a first film having a high hardness and a low conductivity, a second film formed on the first film and having a low hardness and a high con... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7135240 | Thermal spray compositions for abradable seals A thermal spray composition and method of deposition for abradable seals for use in gas turbine engines, turbochargers and steam turbines. The thermal spray composition includes a solid lubricant and a ceramic preferably comprising 5 to 60 wt % total of the composit... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7112377 | Magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing the same, magnetic medium substrate employed in the magnetic recording medium, and magnetic storage unit A magnetic recording medium is disclosed that includes a substrate; an anodic alumina film formed on the substrate; a pore formed in the anodic alumina film; a carbon layer covering the surface of the anodic alumina film and the inner wall of the pore; a magnetic pa... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7096712 | Material testing system for turbines The wear resistance of impellers used in multi-stage turbine pumps is tested by using a multi-stage turbine pump having impellers with different physical properties to pump a fluid containing small amounts of an abrasive material. After the fluid has been pumped for... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094446 | Method for applying a coating system including a heat rejection layer to a substrate surface of a component A method for applying a coating system that is applied to a surface of a component for preventing or at least substantially preventing interdiffusion between the component surface and a protective thermal layer applied to the component surface when the thermal layer... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094475 | MCrAlY-coating A gas turbine component consists of a superalloy base material with a single crystal structure and a protective MCrAlY-coating (6). The MCrAlY-coating (6) has a g/g′ single crystal structure, which is epitaxial with the base material. It has be deter... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7077867 | Prosthetic knee joint having at least one diamond articulation surface Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for making joints, bearing and articulation surfaces, and methods for man... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7067199 | Magnetic particle of CuAu(1) or CuAu(III) type its production method, magnetic recording medium and its production method The present invention relates to a method of producing a magnetic particle including forming a layer containing an alloy particle that can form a CuAu-type or Cu3Au-type hard magnetic ordered alloy phase on a support, oxidizing the layer, and annealing th... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7050272 | Reduction of contact noise in single-ended magnetoresistive read elements A single-element magnetoresistive (MR) read head with reduced susceptibility to noise is disclosed. In particular, the present invention addresses the problem of noise generated thermally through contact with the recording medium. The present invention solves this p... | 05/23/2006 |
