Patents by Inventor Julin Wan

Julin Wan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11851769
    Abstract: Methods for preparing an environmental barrier coating and the resulting coating are provided. The methods and products include the incorporation of a continuous ceramic inner layer and a segmented ceramic outer layer on a CMC component. The segmented ceramic outer layer may be formed by thermal spray techniques. The coating is more stable at higher temperatures and provides for a longer lifetime of the coated component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Julin Wan, Larry Steven Rosenzweig
  • Patent number: 11746066
    Abstract: A composition is provided that includes a silicon-containing material (e.g., a silicon metal and/or a silicide) and about 0.001% to about 85% of a Ga-containing compound, an In-containing compound, or a mixture thereof. The silicon-based layer can be a bond coating directly on the surface of the substrate. Alternatively or additionally, the silicon-based layer can be an outer layer defining a surface of the substrate, with an environmental barrier coating on the surface of the substrate. A coated component is also provided, as well as a method for coating a ceramic component. Gas turbine engines are also provided that include such a ceramic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Glen Harold Kirby, Julin Wan
  • Publication number: 20230250032
    Abstract: Coated components and their methods of formation are provided. The coated component includes: a ceramic matrix composite substrate comprising silicon carbide and having a surface; a bond coat on the surface of the substrate; and an environmental barrier coating on the bond coat. The bond coat includes a plurality of discrete particles dispersed within a matrix phase that includes mullite. The plurality of discrete particles includes an oxygen getter and a transition metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Anant Achyut Setlur, Julin Wan
  • Publication number: 20230234895
    Abstract: Environmental barrier coatings including a bondcoat layer including silicon and a rare earth silicate-based hermetic layer and rare earth silicate-based non-hermetic layer are provided. The rare earth silicate-based hermetic layer is deposited on the bondcoat via a thermal spray process and has an elastic modulus ranging from 100 GPa to 180 GPa. The at least one rare earth silicate-based non-hermetic layer is deposited on the rare earth silicate-based hermetic layer and has an elastic modulus ranging from 50 GPa to 100 GPa. Coated gas turbine engine components and methods for coating gas turbine engine components are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Glen Harold Kirby, Nathaniel Patrick Brown, Guruvenket Srinivasan, Reza Sarrafi-Nour, Nicholas Edward Antolino, Julin Wan, Anant Achyut Setlur, Taryn Elizabeth Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20230234896
    Abstract: A coated component, along with methods of its formation, are provided. The coated component may include a ceramic matrix composite substrate comprising silicon carbide and having a surface, a bond coat on the surface of the substrate, and an environmental barrier coating on the bond coat. The bond coat includes a plurality of discrete particles dispersed within a matrix phase, with the matrix phase formed from mullite and defining 60% to 98% by volume of the bond coat. The plurality of discrete particles include an oxygen getter and has 50% of its volume or greater formed from particles having an average size of 10 ?m to 100 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Julin Wan
  • Patent number: 11655194
    Abstract: Coated components, along with methods of their formation, are provided. The coated component includes a ceramic substrate having a surface; an intermediate layer on the surface of the ceramic substrate; and an environmental barrier coating on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer includes a carbon-sink material that inhibits accumulation of free carbon from a carbon-containing species within the intermediate layer, the ceramic substrate, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Krishan Lal Luthra, Glen Harold Kirby, Julin Wan, Larry Steven Rosenzweig
  • Publication number: 20230090598
    Abstract: An article for high temperature service is presented herein. One embodiment is an article including a substrate having a silicon-bearing ceramic matrix composite; and a layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the layer includes silicon and a dopant, the dopant including aluminum. In another embodiment, the article includes a ceramic matrix composite substrate, wherein the composite includes a silicon-bearing ceramic and a dopant, the dopant including aluminum; a bond coat disposed over the substrate, where the bond coat includes elemental silicon, a silicon alloy, a silicide, or combinations including any of the aforementioned; and a coating disposed over the bond coat, the coating including a silicate (such as an aluminosilicate or rare earth silicate), yttria-stabilized zirconia, or a combination including any of the aforementioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Krishan Lal Luthra, Julin Wan, Reza Sarrafi-Nour
  • Patent number: 11578008
    Abstract: A composition is generally provided that includes a silicon-containing material (e.g., silicon metal and/or a silicide) and a boron-doped refractory compound, such as about 0.001% to about 85% by volume of the boron-doped refractory compound (e.g., about 1% to about 60% by volume). In one embodiment, a bond coating on a surface of a ceramic component is generally provided with the bond coating including such a composition, with the silicon-containing material is silicon metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Glen Harold Kirby, Julin Wan
  • Patent number: 11542824
    Abstract: An article for high temperature service is presented herein. One embodiment is an article including a substrate having a silicon-bearing ceramic matrix composite; and a layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the layer includes silicon and a dopant, the dopant including aluminum. In another embodiment, the article includes a ceramic matrix composite substrate, wherein the composite includes a silicon-bearing ceramic and a dopant, the dopant including aluminum; a bond coat disposed over the substrate, where the bond coat includes elemental silicon, a silicon alloy, a silicide, or combinations including any of the aforementioned; and a coating disposed over the bond coat, the coating including a silicate (such as an aluminosilicate or rare earth silicate), yttria-stabilized zirconia, or a combination including any of the aforementioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Krishnan Lal Luthra, Julin Wan, Reza Sarrafi-Nour
  • Patent number: 11479515
    Abstract: A coated component, along with methods of its formation and use, is provided. The coated component includes a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) substrate comprising silicon carbide and having a mullite bondcoat on its surface. The mullite bondcoat includes an oxygen getter phase contained within a mullite phase. For example, the mullite bondcoat may include 60% to 98% by volume of the mullite phase. An environmental barrier coating is on the mullite bondcoat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Krishan Lal Luthra, Julin Wan
  • Patent number: 11414356
    Abstract: A coated substrate is provided that includes an environmental barrier coating on (e.g., directly on) a surface of a substrate (e.g., a ceramic matrix composite). The environmental barrier coating can include a barrier layer having a refractory material phase and a silicon-containing glass phase. The silicon-containing glass phase may be a continuous phase within the barrier layer (e.g., a breathable grain boundary of the barrier layer), or may be a plurality of discontinuous layers dispersed throughout the refractory material phase. The refractory material phase can include a rare earth silicate material having a rare earth component at a first atomic percent, while the silicon-containing glass phase comprises the rare earth component at a second atomic percent that is less than the first atomic percent. Methods are also provided for forming a barrier layer on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Glen Harold Kirby, Julin Wan, Sivakumar Ramasamy
  • Publication number: 20210114944
    Abstract: Coated components, along with methods of their formation, are provided. The coated component includes a ceramic substrate having a surface; an intermediate layer on the surface of the ceramic substrate; and an environmental barrier coating on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer includes a carbon-sink material that inhibits accumulation of free carbon from a carbon-containing species within the intermediate layer, the ceramic substrate, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Krishan Lal Luthra, Glen Harold Kirby, Julin Wan, Larry Steven Rosenzweig
  • Patent number: 10934626
    Abstract: Methods for preparing an environmental barrier coating and the resulting coating are provided. The methods and products include the incorporation of a continuous ceramic inner layer and a segmented ceramic outer layer on a CMC component. The segmented ceramic outer layer may be formed by thermal spray techniques. The coating is more stable at higher temperatures and provides for a longer lifetime of the coated component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Julin Wan, Larry Steven Rosenzweig
  • Patent number: 10927046
    Abstract: A coated component, along with methods of making and using the same, is provided. The coated component includes a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) substrate comprising silicon carbide and having a surface; a mullite/NOSC bondcoat on the surface of the substrate; and an environmental barrier coating on the mullite/NOSC bondcoat. The mullite/NOSC bondcoat comprises a non-oxide silicon ceramic (NOSC) phase contained within a mullite phase, with the mullite/NOSC bondcoat comprising 60% to 95% by volume of the mullite phase, such as 65% to 93% by volume of the mullite phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Krishan Lal Luthra, Julin Wan
  • Publication number: 20200378010
    Abstract: Methods for preparing an environmental barrier coating and the resulting coating are provided. The methods and products include the incorporation of a continuous ceramic inner layer and a segmented ceramic outer layer on a CMC component. The segmented ceramic outer layer may be formed by thermal spray techniques. The coating is more stable at higher temperatures and provides for a longer lifetime of the coated component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Julin Wan, Larry Steven Rosenzweig
  • Patent number: 10822998
    Abstract: High-temperature machine components, more particularly, articles capable of operating in high-temperature environments, including for example turbines of gas engines, may be formed of a high temperature ceramic matrix composite that includes a ceramic substrate including silicon; an environmental harrier coating system including a silicon containing bond coat; and a diffusion barrier layer of a carbide or a nitride between the substrate of the article and the silicon bond coat of the environmental barrier coating system. The diffusion harrier layer selectively prevents or reduces the diffusion of boron and impurities from the substrate to the bond coat of the environmental barrier coating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Krishan Lal Luthra, Don M. Lipkin, Julin Wan
  • Patent number: 10787391
    Abstract: A ceramic component is provided that includes a silicon-based layer comprising a silicon-containing material (e.g., a silicon metal and/or a silicide) and a boron-doped refractory compound, such as about 0.001% to about 85% by volume of the boron-doped refractory compound (e.g., about 1% to about 60% by volume of the boron-doped refractory compound). A coated component is also provided that includes a CMC component defining a surface; a bond coating directly on the surface of the CMC component, with the bond coating comprises a silicon-containing material and a boron-doped refractory compound (e.g., about 0.1% to about 25% of the boron-doped refractory compound); a thermally grown oxide layer on the bond coating; and an environmental barrier coating on the thermally grown oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Glen Harold Kirby, Julin Wan
  • Publication number: 20200199032
    Abstract: A coated component, along with methods of making and using the same, is provided. The coated component includes a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) substrate comprising silicon carbide and having a surface; a mullite/NOSC bondcoat on the surface of the substrate; and an environmental barrier coating on the mullite/NOSC bondcoat. The mullite/NOSC bondcoat comprises a non-oxide silicon ceramic (NOSC) phase contained within a mullite phase, with the mullite/NOSC bondcoat comprising 60% to 95% by volume of the mullite phase, such as 65% to 93% by volume of the mullite phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Krishan Lal Luthra, Julin Wan
  • Publication number: 20200199031
    Abstract: A coated component, along with methods of its formation and use, is provided. The coated component includes a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) substrate comprising silicon carbide and having a mullite bondcoat on its surface. The mullite bondcoat includes an oxygen getter phase contained within a mullite phase. For example, the mullite bondcoat may include 60% to 98% by volume of the mullite phase. An environmental barrier coating is on the mullite bondcoat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Krishan Lal Luthra, Julin Wan
  • Publication number: 20190233344
    Abstract: A ceramic component is generally provided that includes a silicon-based layer comprising a silicon-containing material (e.g., a silicon metal and/or a silicide) and about 0.001% to about 85% of an In-containing compound. For example, the silicon-based layer can be a bond coating directly on the surface of the substrate. Alternatively or additionally, the silicon-based layer can be an outer layer defining a surface of the substrate, with an environmental barrier coating on the surface of the substrate. Gas turbine engines are also generally provided that include such a ceramic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Glen Harold Kirby, Julin Wan