Ni-base Component Patents (Class 428/680)
  • Patent number: 7150924
    Abstract: Discloses is a metal-based resistance heat-generation element. The element comprises a core made of a platinum group metal or refractory metal, and a coating film formed on the core. The coating film has at least two layers including a core-side inner layer of a Re—Cr based ? (sigma) phase and a surface-side outermost layer of an aluminide or silicide. Alternatively, the element may comprise a core made of an alloy containing a platinum group metal or refractory metal and Re and Cr diffused therein, and a coating film formed on the core. The coating film has at least one layer including an aluminide or silicide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventor: Toshio Narita
  • Patent number: 7150922
    Abstract: A beta-phase nickel aluminide (NiAl) overlay coating (24) and method for modifying the grain structure of the coating (24) to improve its oxidation resistance. The coating (24) is deposited by a method that produces a grain structure characterized by grain boundaries (44) exposed at the outer coating surface (36). The grain boundaries (44) may also contain precipitates (40) as a result of the alloyed chemistry of the coating (24). During or after deposition, the overlay coating (24) is caused to form new grain boundaries (34) that, though open to the outer surface (36) of the coating (24), are free of precipitates or contain fewer precipitates (40) than the as-deposited grain boundaries (44). New grain boundaries (34) are preferably produced by causing the overlay coating (24) to recrystallize during coating deposition or after deposition as a result of a surface treatment followed by heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Irene Spitsberg, Joseph David Rigney, Ramgopal Darolia, Elissa Hae-Kyung Lee, Jeffrey Allan Pfaendtner
  • Patent number: 7147926
    Abstract: A multi-layer corrosion protection system and a method for applying the multi-layer corrosion protection system. The system comprises a corrosion-resistant layer plated onto a metallic substrate. The corrosion-resistant layer may be deposited using an autocatalytic (electroless) process. The corrosion-resistant layer may comprise phosphorous. The system comprises a stain-resistant layer deposited over the corrosion-resistant layer. The stain-resistant layer may be deposited using an autocatalytic (electroless) process. The stain-resistant layer may comprise nickel. The system may also comprise an inner layer plated onto the metallic substrate to prepare the metallic substrate for the application of the corrosion-resistant layer. The inner layer may comprise nickel and may be deposited using an autocatalytic (electroless) process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Reliance Electric Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James E. Mickelson, Alan M. Turza
  • Patent number: 7135240
    Abstract: 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 composition in a ratio of 1:7 to 20:1 of solid lubricant to ceramic, the balance a matrix-forming metal alloy selected from Ni, Co, Cu, Fe and Al and combinations and alloys thereof. The solid lubricant is at least one of hexagonal boron nitride, graphite, calcium fluoride, lithium fluoride, magnesium fluoride, barium fluoride, tungsten disulfide and molybdenum disulfide particles. The ceramic includes at least one of albite, illite, quartz and alumina-silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Sulzer Metco (Canada) Inc.
    Inventors: Petr Fiala, Anthony Peter Chilkowich, Karel Hajmrle
  • Patent number: 7121926
    Abstract: A planarization method includes providing a Group VIII metal-containing surface (preferably, a platinum-containing surface) and positioning it for contact with a fixed abrasive article in the presence of a planarization composition, wherein the fixed abrasive article comprises a plurality of abrasive particles having a hardness of no greater than about 6.5 Mohs dispersed within a binder adhered to at least one surface of a backing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Gundu M. Sabde
  • Patent number: 7112237
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to porous composite materials comprised of a porous base material and a powdered nanoparticle material. The porous base material has the powdered nanoparticle material penetrating a portion of the porous base material; the powdered nanoparticle material within the porous base material may be sintered or interbonded by interfusion to form a porous sintered nanoparticle material within the pores and or on the surfaces of the porous base material. Preferably this porous composite material comprises nanometer sized pores throughout the sintered nanoparticle material. The present invention is also directed to methods of making such composite materials and using them for high surface area catalysts, sensors, in packed bed contaminant removal devices, and as contamination removal membranes for fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Zeller, Christopher Vroman
  • Patent number: 7094475
    Abstract: 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 determined the critical factors for the successful epitaxial and crack-free growth of the MCrAlY-coating (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Alstom Technology LTD
    Inventors: Alexander Schnell, Cyrille Bezencon, Matthias Hoebel, Abdus Suttar Khan, Maxim Konter, Wilfried Kurz
  • Patent number: 7070866
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a NiAl overlay bond coating composition comprises a NiAl alloy. The alloy comprises Zr and at least one modifying element in an amount effective to form a stabilized oxide structure comprising stabilized zirconia including a substantially tetragonal structure upon oxidation of the alloy. The tetragonal structure is stabilized such that it does not change phases and revert to a monoclinic or monoclinic and tetragonal structure, which is not substantially tetragonal, upon thermal cycling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph D. Rigney, David R. Clarke, Ramgopal Darolia
  • Patent number: 7060365
    Abstract: A coating material, particularly a thermal barrier coating, for a component intended for use in a hostile environment, such as the superalloy turbine, combustor and augmentor components of a gas turbine engine. The coating material is zirconia that is partially stabilized with yttria and to which lanthana, neodymia and/or tantala are alloyed to increase the impact resistance of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Robert William Bruce
  • Patent number: 7060366
    Abstract: A coated article has a metallic substrate with a substrate composition, and a metallic coating overlying and contacting the metallic substrate. The metallic coating has a metallic-coating composition different from the substrate composition. A protective coating overlies and contacts the metallic coating. The protective coating includes a chromium aluminide layer overlying and contacting the metallic coating, and optionally a thermal barrier coating overlying and contacting the chromium aluminide layer. This structure may be used to restore a key dimension of an article that has previously been in service and to protect the article as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bhupendra Kumar Gupta, Wayne Ray Grady, Lyle Timothy Rasch, Thomas Joseph Kelly, Nripendra Nath Das
  • Patent number: 7056599
    Abstract: A steel sheet for a magnetic shield comprising less than 0.005% by weight of C and 0.0003 to 0.01% by weight of B, and having a thickness of 0.05 to 0.5 mm and an anhysteresis magnetic permeability of 7500 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignees: JFE Steel Corporation, Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Reiko Sugihara, Tatsuhiko Hiratani, Hideki Matsuoka, Yasushi Tanaka, Satoshi Kodama, Kenji Tahara, Yasuyuki Takada, Ken-ichi Mitsuzuka
  • Patent number: 7052782
    Abstract: A high-temperature protection layer contains (% by weight) 23 to 27% Cr, 4 to 7% Al, 0.1 to 3% Si, 0.1 to 3% Ta, 0.2 to 2% Y, 0.001 to 0.01% B, 0.001 to 0.01% Mg and 0.001 to 0.01% Ca, remainder Ni and inevitable impurities. Optionally, the Al content is in a range from over 5 up to 6% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Bossmann, Dietrich Eckardt, Klaus Erich Schneider, Christoph Toennes
  • Patent number: 7049007
    Abstract: A peelable composite foil includes a metallic carrier foil, a first barrier layer on one side of the metallic carrier and a second metallic layer on the first barrier layer. The second metallic layer includes a combination of a metal selected from the group including zinc, molybdenum, antimony and tungsten, and an electrodeposited, ultra-thin metal foil on the second metallic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Circuit Foil Luxembourg Sarl
    Inventors: Raymond Gales, Michel Streel, Rene Lanners
  • Patent number: 7022417
    Abstract: A metal belt of the present invention is formed to be endless by electroforming, has a crystal orientation in which a crystal orientation ratio I(200)/I(111) is not less than 80 and not more than 250, mainly contains nickel, and has an excellent durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Nitto Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Takagi, Goki Inukai
  • Patent number: 7022415
    Abstract: The invention is a method of bonding a ceramic part (6) to a metal part (4) by heating a component assembly (2) comprised of the metal part (4), the ceramic part (6), and a thin laminated interlayer material (8) placed between the two parts and heated at a temperature that is greater than the temperature of the eutectic formed within the laminated interlayer material (8) or between the metal part (4) and the laminated interlayer material (8), but that is less than the melting point of the ceramic part (6) or of the metal part (4). The component assembly (2) is held in intimate contact at temperature in a non-reactive atmosphere for a sufficient time to develop a strong bond between the ceramic part (6) and the metal part (4). The compact interlayer material (8?) may be further comprised of two or more sets of metal alloy spheres (16, 16?) each having distinct compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
    Inventor: Gary D. Schnittgrund
  • Patent number: 7014923
    Abstract: A gas turbine component consists of a superalloy base material with a single crystal structure and a protective MCrAlY-coating. The MCrAlY-coating the MCrAlY has a ?/?-phase and single crystal structure, which is epitaxial with the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Alstom Technology LTD
    Inventors: Alexander Schnell, Cyrille Bezencon, Matthias Hoebel, Abdus Suttar Khan, Maxim Konter, Wilfried Kurz
  • Patent number: 7011894
    Abstract: A protective coating forming a thermal barrier is made on a superalloy metal substrate by forming a bonding underlayer on the substrate, the bonding underlayer being constituted by an intermetallic compound comprising at least aluminum and a metal from the platinum group, and by forming a ceramic outer layer which is anchored on a film of alumina present on the surface of the bonding underlayer. The bonding underlayer preferably has a thickness of less than 50 ?m and is made by using physical vapor deposition, e.g. by cathode sputtering, to deposit a plurality of individual layers alternately of aluminum and of a metal from the platinum group, and by causing the metals in the resulting layers to react together exothermally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Bertrand Saint Ramond, John Nicholls
  • Patent number: 7001674
    Abstract: An exposure method for preventing accumulation of process error for substrates processed by an apparatus designed for multiprocessing and producing high quality semiconductor chips. A semiconductor integrated circuit production line polishes wafers of individual lots at a first processing system and second processing system of a CMP system two at a time. Wafer processing information indicating at which processing system of the first processing system and second processing system each wafer has been processed is transmitted through a communication line to a later processing apparatus including an exposure apparatus. The wafers of a lot loaded in the exposure apparatus are allocated to a plurality of processing systems of the exposure apparatus so that wafers processed by the same processing system are processed by the same processing system among the two processing systems of the exposure apparatus and are exposed at those processing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Irie
  • Patent number: 6991856
    Abstract: Reactive foils and their uses are provided as localized heat sources useful, for example, in ignition, joining and propulsion. An improved reactive foil is preferably a freestanding multilayered foil structure made up of alternating layers selected from materials that will react with one another in an exothermic and self-propagating reaction. Upon reacting, this foil supplies highly localized heat energy that may be applied, for example, to joining layers, or directly to bulk materials that are to be joined. This foil heat-source allows rapid bonding to occur at room temperature in virtually any environment (e.g., air, vacuum, water, etc.). If a joining material is used, the foil reaction will supply enough heat to melt or soften the joining material, which upon cooling will form a strong bond, joining two or more bulk materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Timothy P. Weihs, Michael Reiss, Omar Knio, Albert Joseph Swiston, Jr., David van Heerden, Todd Hufnagel
  • Patent number: 6991855
    Abstract: Reactive foils and their uses are provided as localized heat sources useful, for example, in ignition, joining and propulsion. An improved reactive foil is preferably a freestanding multilayered foil structure made up of alternating layers selected from materials that will react with one another in an exothermic and self-propagating reaction. Upon reacting, this foil supplies highly localized heat energy that may be applied, for example, to joining layers, or directly to bulk materials that are to be joined. This foil heat-source allows rapid bonding to occur at room temperature in virtually any environment (e.g., air, vacuum, water, etc.). If a joining material is used, the foil reaction will supply enough heat to melt the joining materials, which upon cooling will form a strong bond, joining two or more bulk materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Timothy P. Weihs, Omar Knio, Michael Reiss, David van Heerden
  • Patent number: 6989200
    Abstract: The invention is a method of bonding a ceramic part to a metal part by heating a component assembly comprised of the metal part, the ceramic part, and a compatible interlayer material such as titanium-nickel alloy placed between the two parts and heated at a temperature that is greater than the eutectic temperature of the interlayer material, where alloys, intermetallics or solid solution formed between the metal part and the metal interlayer material, but that is less than the melting point of either the ceramic part or the metal part. The component assembly is held in intimate contact at temperature in a non-reactive atmosphere for a sufficient time to develop a hermetic and strong bond between the ceramic part and the metal part. The bonded component assembly is optionally treated with acid to remove unwanted materials, to assure a biocompatible component assembly for implantation in living tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
    Inventors: Charles L. Byers, Guangqiang Jiang, Gary D. Schnittgrund
  • Patent number: 6982123
    Abstract: A nickel-base superalloy article, such as a gas turbine stationary flowpath shroud that has previously been in service, is repaired by applying a restoration coating to a surface of the article. The restoration coating is applied by providing a precursor mixture, wherein the precursor mixture has no more than about 15 weight percent chromium and no more than about 0.01 percent yttrium, and wherein the precursor mixture includes a higher-melting-point alloy component and a lower-melting-point alloy component. The precursor mixture is applied to the surface of the article, in a form such as a preform of the alloy components. The article with the precursor mixture applied to the surface thereof is heated to a sufficiently high temperature to melt the lower-melting-point alloy component, thereby forming the restoration coating on the surface of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Edwin Budinger, Brent Ross Tholke, Matthew Nicklus Miller, Warren Davis Grossklaus, Jr., Joshua Leigh Miller, Melvin Robert Jackson
  • Patent number: 6979498
    Abstract: A strengthened bond coat for improving the adherence of a thermal barrier coating to an underlying metal substrate to resist spallation without degrading oxidation resistance of the bond coat. The bond coat comprises a bond coating material selected from the group consisting of overlay alloy coating materials, aluminide diffusion coating materials and combinations thereof. Particles comprising a substantially insoluble bond coat strengthening compound and having a relatively fine particle size of about 2 microns or less are dispersed within at least the upper portion of the bond coat in an amount sufficient to impart strengthening to the bond coat, and thus limit ratcheting or rumpling thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ramgopal Darolia, Joseph David Rigney, Gillion Herman Marijnissen, Eric Richard Irma Carolus Vergeldt, Annejan Bernard Kloosterman
  • Patent number: 6974636
    Abstract: A turbine engine component comprising a substrate made of a nickel-base or cobalt-base superalloy and a protective coating overlying the substrate, the coating formed by electroplating at least two platinum group metals selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium and iridium. The protective coating is typically heat treated to increase homogeneity of the coating and adherence with the substrate. The component typically further comprises a ceramic thermal barrier coating overlying the protective coating. Also disclosed are methods for forming the protective coating on the turbine engine component by electroplating the platinum group metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ramgopal Darolia, Mark Daniel Gorman, Melvin Robert Jackson, Ji-Cheng Zhao
  • Patent number: 6974638
    Abstract: Protective coatings known in the state of art can reveal either good corrosion resistance or good mechanical properties. An inventive protective coating resistant to corrosion at medium and high temperatures essentially consisting of the following elements (in percent by weight): 26 to 30% nickel, 20 to 28% chromium, 8 to 12% aluminium, 0.1 to 3% of at least one reactive element of the rare earths, cobalt balanced, reveals good corrosion resistance combined with good mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Werner Stamm
  • Patent number: 6974635
    Abstract: A lid material is provided which comprises: a core layer composed of an Fe—Ni alloy or an Fe—Ni—Co alloy; a nickel-based (Ni-based) metal layer press- and diffusion-bonded onto the core layer and composed of a Ni-based metal, such as pure Ni, mainly comprising Ni; and a brazing material layer press-bonded onto the Ni-based metal layer. The Ni-based metal layer has a maximum-to-minimum thickness ratio T1/T2 of 1.4 to 15. The lid material is produced by press-bonding a Ni-based metal foil onto a core sheet for formation of the Ni-based metal layer on the core layer, then diffusion-annealing the Ni-based metal layer and the core layer, and press-bonding a brazing material foil onto the Ni-based metal layer with a reduction ratio of 30 to 65%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Neomax Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Funamoto, Hidetoshi Noda, Masaaki Ishio
  • Patent number: 6974637
    Abstract: An article and TBC coating system thereon that in combination exhibit significantly improved spallation resistance. The article comprises a substrate formed of a metal alloy containing ruthenium and one or more refractory elements (e.g., tantalum, tungsten, molybdenum, rhenium, hafnium, etc.). The substrate is protected by a coating system comprising an aluminum-containing bond coat on the surface of the substrate and a ceramic coating bonded to the substrate by the bond coat. The bond coat, preferably an aluminide, is deposited so as to be substantially free of ruthenium, though ruthenium is present in the bond coat as a result of diffusion from the substrate into the bond coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allan Pfaendtner, Deborah A. Schorr, Ramgopal Darolia, Joseph David Rigney, Irene Spitsberg, William Scott Walston
  • Patent number: 6969558
    Abstract: A coated article is prepared by furnishing an nickel-base article substrate having a free sulfur content of more than 0 but less than about 1 part per million by weight. A protective layer is formed at a surface of the article substrate. The protective layer includes a platinum aluminide diffusion coating. The protective layer may be substantially yttrium-free, or have a controlled amount of yttrium. A ceramic layer may overlie the protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William S. Walston, Jon C. Schaeffer, Wendy H. Murphy
  • Patent number: 6964818
    Abstract: A coated article includes formed of an alloy having a composition including nickel and aluminum, and a protective coating overlying and contacting the substrate. The protective coating is a mixture of a quasicrystalline metallic phase, and a non-quasicrystalline metallic phase comprising nickel and aluminum. The aluminum is present in an amount of from about 3 to about 35 percent by weight of the non-quasicrystalline metallic phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Ramgopal Darolia
  • Patent number: 6933058
    Abstract: A protective overlay coating for articles used in hostile thermal environments, and more particularly a predominantly beta-phase NiAl intermetallic overlay coating for use as an environmental coating or as a bond coat for a thermal barrier coating deposited on the overlay coating. The overlay coating has inner and outer regions, with the inner region containing more chromium than the outer region. The lower chromium content of the outer region promotes the oxidation resistance of the overlay coating, while the higher chromium content of the inner region promotes the hot corrosion resistance of the coating interior. Under hot corrosion conditions, hot corrosion may attack the outer region, but further hot corrosion attack will substantially cease once the relatively high-chromium inner region of the overlay coating is encountered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Ramgopal Darolia
  • Patent number: 6929868
    Abstract: A protected article includes a substrate having a substrate surface and made of a substrate nickel-base superalloy that is susceptible to the formation of a secondary reaction zone, as when contacted by an aluminum-containing layer having more than about 20 percent by weight aluminum. A protective layer contacts the substrate surface. The protective layer is of a different composition than the substrate and is made of a protective-layer nickel-base superalloy having from about 7 to about 12 percent by weight aluminum. Preferably, a thermal barrier coating system including a ceramic layer overlies and contacts the protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Kelly, Philemon Kennard Wright, III
  • Patent number: 6924045
    Abstract: It is disclosed a bond or overlay MCrAlY-coating for the use within a high temperature environment for the protection of the base alloy of turbine blades and vanes. The MCrAlY-coating having a ? or ?/??-structure comprises a dispersion of ?-NiAl and/or ?/?-MCrAlY particles. This provides a reservoir of aluminum reservoir to coatings wherein the reservoir replenish the aluminum lost due to oxidation and interdiffusion during service. The ?-NiAl and/or ?/?-MCrAlY is the aluminum reservoir and is applied by mixing appropriate powders with ? or ?/?? powders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology LTD
    Inventors: Abdus S. Khan, Maxime Konter, Robert Schmees
  • Patent number: 6924046
    Abstract: A protective layer has the composition 0.5 to 2% of rhenium, 15 to 21% of chromium, 9 to 11.5% of aluminum, 0.05 to 0.7% of yttrium and/or at least one equivalent metal from the group consisting of scandium and the rare earths, 0 to 1% of ruthenium, remainder cobalt and/or nickel and production-related impurities, and is scarcely subject to any embrittlement from Cr/Re precipitations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Werner Stamm
  • Patent number: 6921582
    Abstract: An article is described, which includes a metal-based substrate and an oxidation-resistant coating bonded to the substrate by a bonding agent, such as a braze material The oxidation-resistant coating material is often an aluminide- or MCrAlX-type coating, and can be one which contains relatively high amounts of aluminum. The coating is often very smooth, for maximum aerodynamic efficiency. The oxidation-resistant coating can be applied and bonded to the substrate by a variety of methods, using slurries, braze tapes, or metal foils. Coating repair methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Wayne Charles Hasz
  • Patent number: 6921586
    Abstract: A coating system for an article comprising a substrate formed of a metal alloy that is prone to the formation of a deleterious secondary reaction zone (SRZ) as a result of containing more than three weight percent rhenium and at least one additional refractory metal. The coating system comprises an aluminum-containing overlay coating and a diffusion barrier coating between the overlay coating and the substrate. The diffusion barrier coating consists of, in atomic percent, about 20% to about 90% ruthenium, about 2% to about 60% chromium, optionally up to about 50% aluminum, optionally up to about 20% of a platinum-group metal, and the balance at least one of nickel, cobalt, and iron and incidental impurities. The diffusion barrier coating sufficiently inhibits diffusion of aluminum from the overlay coating into the substrate, such that the substrate remains essentially free of SRZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ji-Cheng Zhao, Jeffrey Allan Pfaendtner, Christine Govern, Melvin Robert Jackson
  • Patent number: 6919042
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metallic coating to be deposited on gas turbine engine components. The metallic coating comprises up to 18 wt % cobalt, 3.0 to 18 wt % chromium, 5.0 to 15 wt % aluminum, 0.1 to 1.0 wt % yttrium, up to 0.6 wt % hafnium, up to 0.3 wt % silicon, 3.0 to 10 wt % tantalum, up to 9.0 wt % tungsten, 1.0 to 6.0 wt % rhenium, up to 10 wt % molybdenum, and the balance nickel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Russell Albert Beers, Allan A. Noetzel, Abdus Khan
  • Patent number: 6916529
    Abstract: An abradable coating composition for use on shrouds in gas turbine engines or other hot gas path metal components exposed to high temperatures containing an initial porous coating phase created by adding an amount of inorganic microspheres, preferably alumina-ceramic microballoons, to a base metal alloy containing high Al, Cr or Ti such as ?-NiAl or, alternatively, MCrAlY that serves to increase the brittle nature of the metal matrix, thereby increasing the abradability and oxidation resistance of the coating at elevated temperatures. Coatings having a total open and closed porosity of between 20% and 55% by volume due to the presence of ceramic microballoons ranging in size from about 10 microns to about 200 microns have been found to exhibit excellent abradability for applications involving turbine shroud coatings. An abradable coating thickness in the range of between 40 and 60 ml provides improved performance for turbine shrouds exposed to gas temperatures between 1380° F. and 1800° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Surinder Singh Pabla, Farshad Ghasripoor, Yuk-Chiu Lau, Liang Jiang, Canan Uslu Hardwicke, William Emerson Martinez Zegarra
  • Patent number: 6913839
    Abstract: A coated article having a high resistance to particle-impact damage has a substrate, and a layered coating overlying the substrate. The layered coating includes a substantially continuous quasicrystalline layer, and a substantially continuous ductile metallic layer in facing contact with the quasicrystalline layer. The coated article is preferably used in applications where it is subjected to particle-impact conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ramgopal Darolia, Robert Edward Schafrik
  • Patent number: 6911269
    Abstract: Lead-free chemically produced nickel alloy containing nickel, phosphorus, bismuth and antimony, process for the production of such a nickel alloy by externally electroless metal deposition in an aqueous electrolyte and articles plated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: AHC Oberflachentechnik GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Alfons Hollander, Heinz-Peter Becker
  • Patent number: 6908288
    Abstract: Methods for repairing and manufacturing a gas turbine blade, and the gas turbine blade repaired and manufactured with such methods are presented with, for example, the repair method comprising providing a gas turbine blade, the blade comprising a blade tip and a blade body; removing at least one portion of the blade tip; providing at least one freestanding tip insert; and disposing the at least one tip insert onto the gas turbine blade body such that the at least one tip insert replaces the at least one removed portion of the blade tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Melvin Robert Jackson, Aaron Todd Frost, Shyh-Chin Huang, Charles Gitahi Mukira, Thomas Robert Raber, Raymond Alan White
  • Patent number: 6905783
    Abstract: Steel sheet for porcelain enameling having excellent workability yet capable of providing an enamel layer having excellent adhesion with the steel sheet on direct-on enameling once and still free of black specks defects, a method for producing the same, as well as a porcelain enamel product and the method for producing the same are provided, in which low carbon Al-killed steel sheet, high oxygen steel sheet, Ti-added steel sheet, Nb-added steel sheet, Ti—Nb-added steel sheet or B-added steel sheet is used. A steel sheet for porcelain enameling is produced by applying Ni—Mo alloy plating to the low carbon Al-killed steel sheet, high oxygen steel sheet, Ti-added steel sheet, Nb-added steel sheet, Ti—Nb-added steel sheet or B-added steel sheet having specified components and composition ratio, and after performing heat treatment thereto to control the content of Ni, Mo, and Fe that are present on the surface of the steel sheet in a predetermined range, porcelain enamel is applied and fired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignees: Ferro Enamels (Japan) Limited, Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Toshihira Hamada, Shuzo Oda, Yoshihiro Jono, Takahiro Hayashida, Junichi Fujimoto, Masao Komai
  • Patent number: 6902824
    Abstract: This invention provides a metal foil and an etching process which overcomes the problem of etching of the copper foil layer and the plating copper layer formed on a metal clad laminate during the conventional semi-additive process for producing printed wire boards. In the present invention, the metal foil and the metal foil with carrier foil include a nickel or tin layer 0.5 to 3 ?m thick formed on the external surface of a metal clad laminate which protects the surface of the plated layer during the final flash etching of the copper foil layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Yamamoto, Takashi Kataoka, Yutaka Hirasawa, Naotomi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6902827
    Abstract: A process for electrodepositing a low stress nickel-manganese multilayer alloy on an electrically conductive substrate is provided. The process includes the steps of immersing the substrate in an electrodeposition solution containing a nickel salt and a manganese salt and repeatedly passing an electric current through an immersed surface of the substrate. The electric current is alternately pulsed for predetermined durations between a first electrical current that is effective to electrodeposit nickel and a second electrical current that is effective to electrodeposit nickel and manganese. A multilayered alloy having adjacent layers of nickel and a nickel-manganese alloy on the immersed surface of the substrate is thereby produced. The resulting multilayered alloy exhibits low internal stress, high strength and ductility, and high strength retention upon exposure to heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Sandia National Laboratories
    Inventors: James John Kelly, Steven Howard Goods, Nancy Yuan-Chi Yang, Charles Henry Cadden
  • Patent number: 6895992
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fuel pump for an inter-cylinder direct fuel injection apparatus, in which occurrence of corrosion and attrition caused by cavitation or erosion can be suppressed, their resistance against the environment can be improved, and an excellent lifetime can be achieved in the case of the use of an aluminum material even if the temperature reaches as high as 100° C. or higher and the pressure reaches as high as 7 to 12 MPa. In the fuel pump for an inter-cylinder direct fuel injection apparatus, made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a coating film plated with Ni—P or a Ni—P based material is formed by electroless plating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shizuka Yamaguchi, Noboru Baba, Masaya Takahashi, Katsuyoshi Terakado, Arata Kagiyama, Masayoshi Kotaki, Shogo Sawada, Kazuo Ojima, Hiroyuki Yamada, Hideki Machimura, Yukio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6896975
    Abstract: A spin-valve sensor with pinning layers comprising multiple antiferromagnetic films is disclosed. The multiple antiferromagnetic films are preferably selected from the same Mn-based (Ni—Mn or Pt—Mn) alloy system. The Mn content of the antiferromagnetic film in contact with the reference layer of the spin-valve sensor is selected in order to maximize its exchange coupling to the reference layer, thereby providing a high unidirectional anisotropy field for proper sensor operation. The Mn content of the other antiferromagnetic films not in contact with the reference layer of the spin-valve sensor is reduced in order to maximize the thermal stability and corrosion resistance of the spin-valve sensor for robust sensor operation at high temperatures in disk drive environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tsann Lin, Daniele Mauri
  • Patent number: 6893737
    Abstract: A low cost aluminide process for moderate temperature applications. A gas turbine engine component is cleaned and coated with a layer of metal, generally aluminum, containing paint. The metal containing paint layer is heated to a first temperature for a first period of time in an air environment to volatilize the solvents in the paint. The metal containing paint layer is heated to a second temperature for a second period of time in an oxygen-free atmosphere to volatilize the solvents in the paint. The now metal layer and component are heated to a third temperature for a third period of time to interdiffuse the metal and the metal of the component. The component and diffusion layer are then cooled to ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John F. Ackermann, Paul V. Arszman, Andrew J. Skoog
  • Patent number: 6890667
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium having a soft magnetic underlayer structure that includes two soft underlayers is presented. A thick first soft underlayer, disposed on the medium substrate, is made of material which provides a low magnitude of magnetization saturation (Bsat) and high permeability. The first soft underlayer can be formed by plating or high-rate sputtering. The second soft underlayer, which has a lesser thickness than the first soft underlayer, is made of a material which provides a relatively high magnitude of Bsat and low permeability. The second soft underlayer can be formed by low-rate sputtering. The first soft under layer can be isolated from other layers in the medium by an exchange isolation layer. The second soft underlayer can be exchange coupled to a radial exchange pin layer disposed on the exchange isolation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Lairson, Mourad Benakli
  • Patent number: 6887588
    Abstract: An article protected by a thermal barrier coating system includes a substrate having a substrate surface, and a thermal barrier coating system overlying the substrate. The thermal barrier coating system has a thermal barrier coating formed of a thermal barrier coating material arranged as a plurality of columnar grains extending generally perpendicular to the substrate surface and having grain surfaces. A sintering inhibitor is within the columnar grains, either uniformly distributed or concentrated at the grain surfaces. The sintering inhibitor is lanthanum oxide, chromium oxide, and/or yttrium chromate, mixtures thereof, or mixtures thereof with aluminum oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Frederick Ackerman, Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani, Irene Spitsberg, Ramgopal Darolia
  • Patent number: 6887589
    Abstract: A beta-phase NiAl overlay coating containing a dispersion of ceramic particles and a process for depositing the overlay coating. If the coating is used to adhere a thermal barrier coating (TBC), the TBC exhibits improved spallation resistance as a result of the dispersion of ceramic particles having a dispersion-strengthening effect on the overlay coating. The overlay coating contains at least one reactive element and is deposited so that the some of the reactive element deposits as the ceramic particles dispersed in the overlay coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ramgopal Darolia, Joseph David Rigney, William Scott Walston, Jeffrey Allan Pfaendtner, Brett Allen Rohrer Boutwell, Irene Spitsberg, James Anthony Ruud
  • Patent number: 6886327
    Abstract: A multi-layered component, such as a rocket engine combustion chamber, includes NiAl or NiAl-based alloy as a structural layer on the “hot” side of the component. A second structural layer is formed of material selected from Ni-based superalloys, Co-based alloys, Fe-based alloys, Cu, and Cu-based alloys. The second material is more ductile than the NiAl and imparts increased toughness to the component. The second material is selected to enhance one or more predetermined physical properties of the component. Additional structural layers may be included with the additional material(s) being selected for their impact on physical properties of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Michael V. Nathal, John Gayda, Ronald D. Noebe