Patents by Inventor Richard Wesley

Richard Wesley 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).

  • Publication number: 20240166890
    Abstract: An article includes a substrate and a bond coat disposed on the substrate. The bond coat includes a matrix, a plurality of gettering particles disposed in the matrix, a plurality of diffusive particles disposed in the matrix, a radiation-absorbing component disposed in the matrix, wherein the radiation-absorbing component is concentrated at an outer surface of the bond coat. An article and a method of protecting an article are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Wesley Jackson, III, Xia Tang, James T. Beals, David A. Litton, Brian T. Hazel
  • Publication number: 20240158310
    Abstract: A barrier layer for an article according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes a bond coat comprising a matrix, diffusive particles disposed in the matrix, and gettering particles disposed in the matrix. The composition of the gettering particles is a reaction product of the chemical reaction of Equation 1 defined by Equation 2: Si w ? O x ? C y ? N z + ? ? O 2 = w ? Si ? O 2 + y ? CO + z 2 ? N 2 Equation ? 1 ? = 2 ? w + y - x 2 Equation ? 2 A barrier layer is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Wesley Jackson, III, Xia Tang, James T. Beals
  • Patent number: 11952902
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-phase abradable coating including a ceramic matrix and a dislocator phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Richard Wesley Jackson
  • Patent number: 11919820
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coated ceramic fiber including a silicon carbide coating layer adjacent to the ceramic fiber and a silicon dioxide coating layer adjacent to the silicon carbide coating layer, wherein the silicon dioxide coating layer forms micro cracks after a crystal structure transformation. The coated ceramic fiber may be included in a composite material having a ceramic matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Wesley Jackson, Ying She, Gajawalli V. Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 11905222
    Abstract: An environmental barrier coating, comprising a substrate containing silicon; an environmental barrier layer applied to said substrate; said environmental barrier layer comprising a rare earth composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Elisa M Zaleski, Richard Wesley Jackson, Xia Tang
  • Patent number: 11866379
    Abstract: A method for coating a substrate includes spraying a combination of powders. The combination of powders includes: Hf0.5Si0.5O2; Zr0.5Si0.5O2; and, optionally, at least one of HfO2 and ZrO2. A molar ratio of said Hf0.5Si0.5O2 and HfO2 combined to said Zr0.5Si0.5O2 and ZrO2 combined is from 2:1 to 4:1. A molar ratio of said Hf0.5Si0.5O2 to said HfO2 is at least 1:3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Xuan Liu, James T. Beals, Xia Tang, Richard Wesley Jackson, William J. Joost
  • Publication number: 20240002300
    Abstract: A method of applying a coating to a substrate includes forming a slurry by mixing elemental precursors of gettering particles, diffusive particles, matrix material, and a carrier fluid; applying the slurry to a substrate; and sintering the slurry to form a composite material. The sintering causes the elemental precursors to react with one another to form gettering particles. An article is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: James T. Beals, Richard Wesley Jackson, Xia Tang
  • Publication number: 20230416538
    Abstract: An article according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes a substrate and a barrier layer on the substrate. The barrier layer includes a bond coat comprising a matrix, diffusive particles disposed in the matrix, and gettering particles disposed in the matrix; a topcoat; and a porous interlayer disposed between the topcoat and the bond coat. The porous interlayer has a porosity that is greater than a porosity of the topcoat. A slurry composition for applying an interlayer to an article and method of applying a top coat to an article are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Xia Tang, Richard Wesley Jackson, III, James T. Beals, David A. Litton, Brian T. Hazel
  • Publication number: 20230416157
    Abstract: An article according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes a substrate and a barrier layer on the substrate. The barrier layer includes a bond coat comprising a matrix, diffusive particles disposed in the matrix, and gettering particles disposed in the matrix. At least about 10% of the gettering particles are in a crystalline phase. The article also includes a top coat. An article is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: David A. Litton, Richard Wesley Jackson, III, Xia Tang, James T. Beals
  • Publication number: 20230415193
    Abstract: An article according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes a substrate and a barrier layer on the substrate. The barrier layer includes a bond coat comprising a matrix, diffusive particles disposed in the matrix, and gettering particles disposed in the matrix; and a topcoat including a constituent that is reactive with calcium-magnesium-alumino-silicate (CMAS). An article and a method applying a calcium-magnesium-alumino-silicate (CMAS)-resistant topcoat are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: David A. Litton, Elisa M. Zaleski, James T. Beals, Richard Wesley Jackson, III, Xia Tang
  • Publication number: 20230390801
    Abstract: A method of repairing a coating on an article according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes defining a work area surrounding a discontinuity in the coating, the coating including undisturbed bond coat and undisturbed top coat; removing coating material within the work area; applying a slurry containing bond coat constituents in a carrier fluid to the work area; curing the slurry to form a repaired bond coat; applying a slurry containing top coat constituents in a carrier fluid to the work area; and curing the slurry to form a repaired top coat. A method of repairing a coating on an article and an article are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: David A. Litton, James T. Beals, Richard Wesley Jackson, III, Xia Tang
  • Publication number: 20230391683
    Abstract: A method of applying a top coat to an article according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes providing an article having a bond coat; applying a slurry directly onto the bond coat, the slurry including particles of a top coat material and at least one sintering aid in a carrier fluid; and sintering the top coat. A slurry composition for applying a top coat to an article is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Xia Tang, James T. Beals, Richard Wesley Jackson, III, David A. Litton, Brian T. Hazel
  • Publication number: 20230382812
    Abstract: A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material component is provided that includes a CMC material and an environmental barrier coating (EBC). The CMC material includes first fibers, a matrix, and at least one coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) increasing additive. The first fibers include a first material having a first CTE value. The matrix includes a second material having a second CTE value. The at least one CTE increasing additive has a third CTE value. The EBC is disposed on at least one exposed surface of the CMC material and has a fourth CTE value. The third CTE value is greater than the first CTE value and the second CTE value, and the at least one CTE increasing additive is present within the CMC material in an amount that elevates a CTE value of the CMC material above the first CTE value or the second CTE value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: Richard Wesley Jackson
  • Patent number: 11821327
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine article includes a silicon-containing ceramic substrate and an environmental barrier coating (EBC) system disposed on the substrate. The EBC system includes, from the substrate, a dense bond coat layer, a porous bond coat layer, and a topcoat layer in contact with the porous bond coat layer. The dense bond coat layer and the porous bond coat layer each include a silica matrix and oxygen-scavenging gas-evolution particles dispersed through the silica matrix. The porous bond coat layer includes engineered pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael R. Kracum, Xia Tang, Richard Wesley Jackson, Zhongfen Ding, James T. Beals
  • Publication number: 20230312428
    Abstract: A coating according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes a bond coat including gettering particles and diffusive particles dispersed in a matrix; a top coat disposed over the bond coat, the top coat includes metal silicate particles; and an intermediate layer between the bond coat and the top coat. The intermediate layer includes hafnium silicate particles and matrix. A concentration of metal silicate in the intermediate layer is less than a concentration of metal silicate in the top coat. An article is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Richard Wesley Jackson, III, Xia Tang, James T. Beals
  • Publication number: 20230313993
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine component having a substrate; a thermal barrier coating on the substrate having a porous microstructure; and a reflective layer conforming to the porous microstructure of the thermal barrier coating, wherein the reflective layer comprises a conforming nanolaminate defined by alternating layers of platinum group metal materials selected from the group consisting of platinum group metal-based alloys, platinum group metal intermetallic compounds, mixtures of platinum group metal with metal oxides and combinations thereof. A capping layer can be added over the reflective layer. A supporting layer can be added between the reflective layer and the thermal barrier coating. A process is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Tianli Zhu, Richard Wesley Jackson, III, John A. Sharon, James T. Beals, Brian T. Hazel
  • Publication number: 20230313385
    Abstract: A coating according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes a bond coat including gettering particles and diffusive particles dispersed in a matrix, a top coat disposed over the bond coat, and an intermediate layer between the bond coat and the top coat. The intermediate layer includes non-silicate oxide particles dispersed in a matrix. An article and a method of protecting a ceramic-based substrate are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Richard Wesley Jackson, III, Xia Tang, James T. Beals
  • Publication number: 20230312425
    Abstract: A method of making a ceramic matrix composite according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes forming a ceramic matrix composite component by infiltrating an array of ceramic-based fibers with a ceramic-based matrix. The array of ceramic-based fibers forms a surface that includes gaps between adjacent ones of the fibers. The method also includes applying a paste including filler particles and filler matrix in a carrier fluid to the surface of the ceramic-based fibers that includes the gaps such that the paste fills the gaps and removing the carrier fluid to leave behind a filler including the filler particles and the filler matrix in the gaps. A ceramic matrix composite component is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Richard Wesley Jackson, III, Xia Tang, James T. Beals
  • Publication number: 20230296029
    Abstract: A coated article (20;60) includes a substrate (22) and a coating (24;62) on the substrate. The coating includes at least a first layer (30). The first layer has: a matrix (50); and a filler (52) at 2.0% to 40% by volume in the first layer. The first layer is selected from alkaline earth or transition metal (M) tungstates (MWO4); alkaline earth molybdates (MMoO4); rare earth (RE) phosphates (REPO4); and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Joost, Kara J. Bridges, Christopher W. Strock, Imelda P. Smyth, Richard Wesley Jackson
  • Patent number: D1025075
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Eric Wesley Bates, Mu-Hua Cheng, Sawyer Isaac Cohen, Markus Diebel, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Hugh J. Jay, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer