Patents by Inventor Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj

Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj 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: 12116678
    Abstract: A component configured to be in contact with a hydrocarbon fluid and a method of preparing a contact surface of the component. The component may include a wall having the contact surface configured to be in contact with the hydrocarbon fluid. The contact surface is formed from a metal comprising a metal M, where M is selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), palladium (Pd), and platinum (Pt). A metal-ligand complex comprising phosphorus (P) is on the contact surface. The method of preparing a contact surface of the component may include treating the contact surface with a metal-ligand complex precursor comprising a phosphorus (P) ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Kool, Alfred Albert Mancini, Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj
  • Publication number: 20240229244
    Abstract: Methods of forming a coating system on a surface of a cobalt-based superalloy component are provided. The method includes forming a nickel-based primer layer on the surface of the cobalt-based superalloy component; forming an intermediate nickel-containing layer on the nickel-based primer layer; and heat treating the cobalt-based superalloy component to form a diffusion coating on the surface of the cobalt-based superalloy component. The intermediate nickel-containing layer includes nickel, chromium, and aluminum. Coated cobalt-based superalloy components formed from such a method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, Liming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240133040
    Abstract: Methods of forming a coating system on a surface of a cobalt-based superalloy component are provided. The method includes forming a nickel-based primer layer on the surface of the cobalt-based superalloy component; forming an intermediate nickel-containing layer on the nickel-based primer layer; and heat treating the cobalt-based superalloy component to form a diffusion coating on the surface of the cobalt-based superalloy component. The intermediate nickel-containing layer includes nickel, chromium, and aluminum. Coated cobalt-based superalloy components formed from such a method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, Liming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240117479
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon fluid containment article having a wall with a surface that is wetted by hydrocarbon fluid. The surface includes an anti-coking coating. The anti-coking coating includes a copper salt, a silver salt, or a combination thereof. A gas turbine engine component including a wall having a first surface and an anti-coking coating on the first surface of the wall that is wetted by hydrocarbon fluid. The anti-coking coating including a copper salt, a silver salt, or a combination thereof that prevents the formation of gum or coke on a surface thereon. Methods for reducing the deposition of thermal decomposition products on a wall of an article are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Lawrence Bernard Kool, Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, Thomas George Holland, Alfred Albert Mancini, Michael Anthony Benjamin
  • Patent number: 11846026
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon fluid containment article having a wall with a surface that is wetted by hydrocarbon fluid. The surface includes an anti-coking coating. The anti-coking coating includes a copper salt, a silver salt, or a combination thereof. A gas turbine engine component including a wall having a first surface and an anti-coking coating on the first surface of the wall that is wetted by hydrocarbon fluid. The anti-coking coating including a copper salt, a silver salt, or a combination thereof that prevents the formation of gum or coke on a surface thereon. Methods for reducing the deposition of thermal decomposition products on a wall of an article are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lawrence Bernard Kool, Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, Thomas George Holland, Alfred Albert Mancini, Michael Anthony Benjamin
  • Publication number: 20230287575
    Abstract: A component configured to be in contact with a hydrocarbon fluid and a method of preparing a contact surface of the component. The component may include a wall having the contact surface configured to be in contact with the hydrocarbon fluid. The contact surface is formed from a metal comprising a metal M, where M is selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), palladium (Pd), and platinum (Pt). A metal-ligand complex comprising phosphorus (P) is on the contact surface. The method of preparing a contact surface of the component may include treating the contact surface with a metal-ligand complex precursor comprising a phosphorus (P) ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Kool, Alfred Albert Mancini, Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj
  • Patent number: 11686003
    Abstract: A component configured to be in contact with a hydrocarbon fluid and a method of preparing a contact surface of the component. The component may include a wall having the contact surface configured to be in contact with the hydrocarbon fluid. The contact surface is formed from a metal comprising a metal M, where M is selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), palladium (Pd), and platinum (Pt). A metal-ligand complex comprising phosphorus (P) is on the contact surface. The method of preparing a contact surface of the component may include treating the contact surface with a metal-ligand complex precursor comprising a phosphorus (P) ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Kool, Alfred Albert Mancini, Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj
  • Publication number: 20220389593
    Abstract: A component configured to be in contact with a hydrocarbon fluid and a method of preparing a contact surface of the component. The component may include a wall having the contact surface configured to be in contact with the hydrocarbon fluid. The contact surface is formed from a metal comprising a metal M, where M is selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), palladium (Pd), and platinum (Pt). A metal-ligand complex comprising phosphorus (P) is on the contact surface. The method of preparing a contact surface of the component may include treating the contact surface with a metal-ligand complex precursor comprising a phosphorus (P) ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Kool, Alfred Albert Mancini, Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj
  • Publication number: 20220228247
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon fluid containment article having a wall with a surface that is wetted by hydrocarbon fluid. The surface includes an anti-coking coating. The anti-coking coating includes a copper salt, a silver salt, or a combination thereof. A gas turbine engine component including a wall having a first surface and an anti-coking coating on the first surface of the wall that is wetted by hydrocarbon fluid. The anti-coking coating including a copper salt, a silver salt, or a combination thereof that prevents the formation of gum or coke on a surface thereon. Methods for reducing the deposition of thermal decomposition products on a wall of an article are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence Bernard Kool, Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, Thomas George Holland, Alfred Albert Mancini, Michael Anthony Benjamin
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20210025592
    Abstract: Turbine engine components are provided that have a repaired thermal barrier coating, along with their methods of formation and repair. The turbine engine component includes a thermal barrier coating on a first portion of a surface of a substrate; a repaired thermal barrier coating on a second portion of the surface of the substrate; and a ceramic coat on the outer bond coat. The thermal barrier coating includes an inner bonding layer and a first ceramic layer, with the inner bonding layer being positioned between the substrate and the first ceramic layer. The repaired thermal barrier coating generally includes an inner bond coat on the surface of the substrate and an outer bond coat on the inner bond coat. The inner bond coat is formed from a cobalt-containing material, while the outer bond coat is substantially free from cobalt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj
  • Patent number: 10781526
    Abstract: A method for forming a coating on a surface of an airfoil is provided, where the airfoil has a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side, and a suction side. The method can include forming a platinum-group metal layer on the surface of the airfoil along at least a portion of the trailing edge, and forming an aluminide coating over the surface of the airfoil of the leading edge, the trailing edge, the pressure side, and the suction side. The leading edge may be substantially free from any platinum-group metal. The method may further include, prior to forming the aluminide coating, forming a bond coating on the surface of the airfoil along the leading edge, and after forming the aluminide coating, forming a thermal barrier coating over the bond coating. A method is also generally provided for repairing a coating on a surface of an airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, Siva Ram Surya Sanyasi Adavikolanu, Michal Stanislaw Chomka
  • 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20180297156
    Abstract: A method of forming a coating system on a surface of a superalloy component having film holes defined therein is provided. The method may include applying NiCoCrAlY on the surface of the superalloy component to form a NiCoCrAlY layer while keeping the film holes open (e.g., wherein the NiCoCrAlY layer has a chromium content that is higher than the superalloy component), then heating the NiCoCrAlY layer to a treatment temperature of about 900° C. to about 1200° C., then forming a platinum-group metal layer on the NiCoCrAlY layer, and then forming an aluminide coating over platinum-group metal layer. The NiCoCrAlY may be applied onto an existing coating system on the surface of the superalloy component, wherein the existing coating system is a Co-based coating system that is substantially free from Ni.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventor: Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20170247808
    Abstract: A method for forming a coating on a surface of an airfoil is provided, where the airfoil has a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side, and a suction side. The method can include forming a platinum-group metal layer on the surface of the airfoil along at least a portion of the trailing edge, and forming an aluminide coating over the surface of the airfoil of the leading edge, the trailing edge, the pressure side, and the suction side. The leading edge may be substantially free from any platinum-group metal. The method may further include, prior to forming the aluminide coating, forming a bond coating on the surface of the airfoil along the leading edge, and after forming the aluminide coating, forming a thermal barrier coating over the bond coating. A method is also generally provided for repairing a coating on a surface of an airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Bangalore Aswatha NAGARAJ, Siva Ram Surya Sanyasi ADAVIKOLANU, Michal Stanislaw CHOMKA
  • Publication number: 20170122561
    Abstract: Turbine engine components are provided that have a repaired thermal barrier coating, along with their methods of formation and repair. The turbine engine component includes a thermal barrier coating on a first portion of a surface of a substrate; a repaired thermal barrier coating on a second portion of the surface of the substrate; and a ceramic coat on the outer bond coat. The thermal barrier coating includes an inner bonding layer and a first ceramic layer, with the inner bonding layer being positioned between the substrate and the first ceramic layer. The repaired thermal barrier coating generally includes an inner bond coat on the surface of the substrate and an outer bond coat on the inner bond coat. The inner bond coat is formed from a cobalt-containing material, while the outer bond coat is substantially free from cobalt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj
  • Publication number: 20170122560
    Abstract: Turbine engine components and their methods of formation are provided. The turbine engine component can include a substrate defining a surface; an inner bond coat on the surface of the substrate; an outer bond coat on the inner bond coat; and a ceramic coat on the outer bond coat. The inner bond coat can include a cobalt-containing material, while the outer bond coat can be substantially free from cobalt. Additionally or alternatively, the inner bond coat has a porosity that is about 5% or less, while the outer bond coat has a porosity that is greater than about 5%. Additionally or alternatively, the inner bond coat has a sulfur diffusion rate that is at least 10 times slower than a sulfur diffusion rate of the outer bond coat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj
  • Patent number: 9034479
    Abstract: Coating systems and processes by which the coating systems can be deposited to be resistant to contaminants, and particularly resistant to infiltration and damage caused by CMAS. The coating systems include inner and outer ceramic layers. The inner ceramic layer consists essentially of zirconia stabilized by about 6 to about 9 weight percent yttria and optionally contains greater than 0.5 to 10 weight percent hafnium oxide. The outer ceramic layer overlies and contacts the inner ceramic layer to define the outermost surface of the coating system. The outer ceramic layer consists essentially of zirconia stabilized by about 25 to about 75 weight percent yttria, has a thickness that is less than the thickness of the inner ceramic layer and further contains greater than 0.5 to 10 weight percent hafnium oxide and optionally 1 to 10 weight percent tantalum oxide. The outer ceramic layer has a porosity level that is lower than that of the inner ceramic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, Douglas Gerard Konitzer, Julie Marie Chapman, Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani