Patents by Inventor Molly Maureen Gentleman
Molly Maureen Gentleman 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).
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Patent number: 8497029Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials. The oxide materials described herein as a class typically contain one or more of ytterbia (Yb2O3) and europia (Eu2O3). The oxides may further contain other additives, such as oxides of gadolinium (Gd), samarium (Sm), dysprosium (Dy), or terbium (Tb). In certain embodiments the oxide, in addition to the ytterbia and/or europia, further comprises lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), or neodymium (Nd).Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Margaret Louise Blohm, Mohan Manoharan
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Patent number: 8449993Abstract: Articles coated with wetting resistant materials are presented. One embodiment is an article comprising a substrate and a coating having low surface connected porosity disposed on the substrate. The coating comprises an oxide, which comprises aluminum, yttrium, and at least one rare earth element according to the following atomic proportions: (RxY1-x)3Al5O12 where x is in the range from about 0.001 to about 0.999, and where R is at least one of the rare earth elements, Y is yttrium, O is oxygen, and Al is aluminum.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud
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Patent number: 8334031Abstract: An article coated with a highly durable, wetting resistant coating is provided. The article comprises a coating that comprises a cermet material. The cermet material includes a nickel-bearing metal matrix and a phase disposed within the matrix. The phase includes an anion moiety, for example nitrogen, carbon, or boron; and a cation moiety, for example chromium, zirconium, titanium, vanadium, hafnium, niobium, or tantalum. The phase is present in the cermet at a level of at least about 5 volume %.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2008Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Leonardo Ajdelsztajn, James Anthony Ruud, Dalong Zhong, Molly Maureen Gentleman
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Publication number: 20120251774Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials. The oxide materials described herein as a class typically contain one or more of ytterbia (Yb2O3) and europia (Eu2O3). The oxides may further contain other additives, such as oxides of gadolinium (Gd), samarium (Sm), dysprosium (Dy), or terbium (Tb). In certain embodiments the oxide, in addition to the ytterbia and/or europia, further comprises lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), or neodymium (Nd).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Margaret Louise Blohm, Mohan Manoharan
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Patent number: 8236432Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials, methods for making these articles and materials, and methods for protecting articles using coatings made from these materials. One particular embodiment is an article that comprises a coating having a surface connected porosity content of up to about 5 percent by volume. The coating comprises a material that comprises a primary oxide and a secondary oxide, wherein (i) the primary oxide comprises a cerium cation, and (ii) the secondary oxide comprises a cation selected from the group consisting of the praseodymium and neodymium. The material is transparent to electromagnetic radiation of at least one type selected from the group consisting of ultraviolet radiation, visible light, and infrared radiation.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Mohan Manoharan
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Patent number: 8222172Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials. The oxide materials described herein as a class typically contain europia (Eu2O3). The oxides may further contain other additives, such as oxides of gadolinium (Gd), samarium (Sm), dysprosium (Dy), or terbium (Tb). In certain embodiments the oxide, in addition to europia, further comprises ytterbia (Yb2O3), lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), or neodymium (Nd).Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Margaret Louise Blohm, Mohan Manoharan
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Patent number: 8178219Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials. The oxide materials described herein as a class typically contain one or more of ytterbia (Yb2O3) and europia (Eu2O3). The oxides may further contain other additives, such as oxides of gadolinium (Gd), samarium (Sm), dysprosium (Dy), or terbium (Tb). In certain embodiments the oxide, in addition to the ytterbia and/or europia, further comprises lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), or neodymium (Nd).Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Margaret Louise Blohm, Mohan Manoharan
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Patent number: 8173279Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials, methods for making these articles and materials, and methods for protecting articles using coatings made from these materials. One particular embodiment is an article that comprises a coating having a surface connected porosity content of up to about 5 percent by volume. The coating comprises a material that comprises a primary oxide and a secondary oxide, wherein (i) the primary oxide comprises a cerium cation, and (ii) the secondary oxide comprises a cation selected from the group consisting of the praseodymium and neodymium.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Mohan Manoharan
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Patent number: 8062775Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials. The oxide materials described herein as a class typically contain one or more of ytterbia (Yb2O3) and europia (Eu2O3). The oxides may further contain other additives, such as oxides of gadolinium (Gd), samarium (Sm), dysprosium (Dy), or terbium (Tb). In certain embodiments the oxide, in addition to the ytterbia and/or europia, further comprises lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), or neodymium (Nd).Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2008Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Margaret Louise Blohm, Mohan Manoharan
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Patent number: 8057922Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials, methods for making these articles and materials, and methods for protecting articles using coatings made from these materials. One embodiment is a material comprising a primary oxide and a secondary oxide. The primary oxide comprises cerium or hafnium. The secondary oxide comprises (i) praseodymium or ytterbium, and (ii) another cation selected from the group consisting of the rare earth elements, yttrium, and scandium.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Mohan Manoharan
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Patent number: 8057923Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials, methods for making these articles and materials, and methods for protecting articles using coatings made from these materials. One embodiment is an article comprising a material that is transparent to electromagnetic radiation of at least one type selected from the group consisting of ultraviolet radiation, visible light, and infrared radiation. The material comprises a primary oxide and a secondary oxide. The primary oxide comprises cerium or hafnium. The secondary oxide comprises (i) praseodymium or ytterbium, and (ii) another cation selected from the group consisting of the rare earth elements, yttrium, and scandium.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Mohan Manoharan
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Publication number: 20110226154Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials. The oxide materials described herein as a class typically contain europia (Eu2O3). The oxides may further contain other additives, such as oxides of gadolinium (Gd), samarium (Sm), dysprosium (Dy), or terbium (Tb). In certain embodiments the oxide, in addition to europia, further comprises ytterbia (Yb2O3), lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), or neodymium (Nd).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Margaret Louise Blohm, Mohan Manoharan
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Patent number: 7977267Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials. The oxide materials described herein as a class typically contain one or more of ytterbia (Yb2O3) and europia (Eu2O3). The oxides may further contain other additives, such as oxides of gadolinium (Gd), samarium (Sm), dysprosium (Dy), or terbium (Tb). In certain embodiments the oxide, in addition to the ytterbia and/or europia, further comprises lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), or neodymium (Nd).Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2008Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Margaret Louise Blohm, Mohan Manoharan
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Publication number: 20110086200Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials, methods for making these articles and materials, and methods for protecting articles using coatings made from these materials. One particular embodiment is an article that comprises a coating having a surface connected porosity content of up to about 5 percent by volume. The coating comprises a material that comprises a primary oxide and a secondary oxide, wherein (i) the primary oxide comprises a cerium cation, and (ii) the secondary oxide comprises a cation selected from the group consisting of the praseodymium and neodymium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Mohan Manoharan
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Publication number: 20110083736Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials, methods for making these articles and materials, and methods for protecting articles using coatings made from these materials. One particular embodiment is an article that comprises a coating having a surface connected porosity content of up to about 5 percent by volume. The coating comprises a material that comprises a primary oxide and a secondary oxide, wherein (i) the primary oxide comprises a cerium cation, and (ii) the secondary oxide comprises a cation selected from the group consisting of the praseodymium and neodymium. The material is transparent to electromagnetic radiation of at least one type selected from the group consisting of ultraviolet radiation, visible light, and infrared radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Mohan Manoharan
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Publication number: 20110086754Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials, methods for making these articles and materials, and methods for protecting articles using coatings made from these materials. One embodiment is an article comprising a material that is transparent to electromagnetic radiation of at least one type selected from the group consisting of ultraviolet radiation, visible light, and infrared radiation. The material comprises a primary oxide and a secondary oxide. The primary oxide comprises cerium or hafnium. The secondary oxide comprises (i) praseodymium or ytterbium, and (ii) another cation selected from the group consisting of the rare earth elements, yttrium, and scandium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Mohan Manoharan
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Publication number: 20110083583Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials, methods for making these articles and materials, and methods for protecting articles using coatings made from these materials. One embodiment is a material comprising a primary oxide and a secondary oxide. The primary oxide comprises cerium or hafnium. The secondary oxide comprises (i) praseodymium or ytterbium, and (ii) another cation selected from the group consisting of the rare earth elements, yttrium, and scandium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Mohan Manoharan
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Patent number: 7901798Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials, methods for making these articles and materials, and methods for protecting articles using coatings made from these materials. One particular embodiment is an article that comprises a coating having a surface connected porosity content of up to about 5 percent by volume. The coating comprises a material that comprises a primary oxide and a secondary oxide, wherein (i) the primary oxide comprises a cation selected from the group consisting of cerium, praseodymium, terbium, and hafnium, and (ii) the secondary oxide comprises a cation selected from the group consisting of the rare earth elements, yttrium, and scandium. The material is transparent to electromagnetic radiation of at least one type selected from the group consisting of ultraviolet radiation, visible light, and infrared radiation.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2009Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Mohan Manoharan
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Publication number: 20110052902Abstract: Articles coated with wetting resistant materials are presented. One embodiment is an article comprising a substrate and a coating having low surface connected porosity disposed on the substrate. The coating comprises an oxide, which comprises aluminum, yttrium, and at least one rare earth element according to the following atomic proportions: (RxY1-x)3 Al5O12 where x is in the range from about 0.001 to about 0.999, and where R is at least one of the rare earth elements, Y is yttrium, O is oxygen, and Al is aluminum.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud
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Patent number: 7897271Abstract: Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials, methods for making these articles and materials, and methods for protecting articles using coatings made from these materials. One embodiment is an article comprising a material that is transparent to electromagnetic radiation of at least one type selected from the group consisting of ultraviolet radiation, visible light, and infrared radiation. The material comprises a primary oxide and a secondary oxide. The primary oxide comprises cerium and hafnium. The secondary oxide comprises a secondary oxide cation selected from the group consisting of the rare earth elements, yttrium, and scandium. Another embodiment is an article comprising a material that is transparent to electromagnetic radiation of at least one type selected from the group consisting of ultraviolet radiation, visible light, and infrared radiation.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2009Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, James Anthony Ruud, Mohan Manoharan