Patents by Inventor Susan Lee Sheets

Susan Lee Sheets 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).

  • Airfoil with improved coating system and methods of forming the same
    Patent number: 11181000
    Abstract: A coating system for a surface of a superalloy component is provided. The coating system includes a MCrAlY coating on the surface of the superalloy component, where M is Ni, Fe, Co, or a combination thereof. The MCrAlY coating generally has a higher chromium content than the superalloy component. The MCrAlY coating also includes a platinum-group metal aluminide diffusion layer. The MCrAlY coating includes Re, Ta, or a mixture thereof. Methods are also provided for forming a coating system on a surface of a superalloy component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, Michael David Clark, Susan Lee Sheets
  • AIRFOIL WITH IMPROVED COATING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200024976
    Abstract: A coating system for a surface of a superalloy component is provided. The coating system includes a MCrAlY coating on the surface of the superalloy component, where M is Ni, Fe, Co, or a combination thereof. The MCrAlY coating generally has a higher chromium content than the superalloy component. The MCrAlY coating also includes a platinum-group metal aluminide diffusion layer. The MCrAlY coating includes Re, Ta, or a mixture thereof. Methods are also provided for forming a coating system on a surface of a superalloy component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, Michael David Clark, Susan Lee Sheets
  • Airfoil with improved coating system
    Patent number: 10202855
    Abstract: A coating system for a surface of a superalloy component is provided. The coating system includes a MCrAlY coating on the surface of the superalloy component, where M is Ni, Fe, Co, or a combination thereof. The MCrAlY coating generally has a higher chromium content than the superalloy component. The MCrAlY coating also includes a platinum-group metal aluminide diffusion layer. The MCrAlY coating includes Re, Ta, or a mixture thereof. Methods are also provided for forming a coating system on a surface of a superalloy component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, Michael David Clark, Susan Lee Sheets
  • AIRFOIL WITH IMPROVED COATING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170350261
    Abstract: A coating system for a surface of a superalloy component is provided. The coating system includes a MCrAlY coating on the surface of the superalloy component, where M is Ni, Fe, Co, or a combination thereof. The MCrAlY coating generally has a higher chromium content than the superalloy component. The MCrAlY coating also includes a platinum-group metal aluminide diffusion layer. The MCrAlY coating includes Re, Ta, or a mixture thereof. Methods are also provided for forming a coating system on a surface of a superalloy component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, Michael David Clark, Susan Lee Sheets