Patents by Inventor Bradley Thomas Richards

Bradley Thomas Richards 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).

  • Coated components having adaptive cooling openings and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 11352886
    Abstract: A component includes an outer wall that includes an exterior surface, and at least one plenum defined interiorly to the outer wall and configured to receive a cooling fluid therein. The component also includes a coating system disposed on the exterior surface. The coating system has a thickness. The component further includes a plurality of adaptive cooling openings defined in the outer wall. Each of the adaptive cooling openings extends from a first end inflow communication with the at least one plenum, outward through the exterior surface and to a second end covered underneath at least a portion of the thickness of the coating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: James Albert Tallman, Andrew Philip Shapiro, Gary Michael Itzel, Curtis Alan Johnson, Victor John Morgan, Jacob John Kittleson, Bradley Thomas Richards
  • COATED COMPONENTS HAVING ADAPTIVE COOLING OPENINGS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200240273
    Abstract: A component includes an outer wall that includes an exterior surface, and at least one plenum defined interiorly to the outer wall and configured to receive a cooling fluid therein. The component also includes a coating system disposed on the exterior surface. The coating system has a thickness. The component further includes a plurality of adaptive cooling openings defined in the outer wall. Each of the adaptive cooling openings extends from a first end inflow communication with the at least one plenum, outward through the exterior surface and to a second end covered underneath at least a portion of the thickness of the coating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: James Albert TALLMAN, Andrew Philip SHAPIRO, Gary Michael ITZEL, Curtis Alan JOHNSON, Victor John MORGAN, Jacob John KITTLESON, Bradley Thomas RICHARDS
  • MULTILAYERED THERMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER COATING (EBC) FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160376691
    Abstract: An air plasma method for the deposition of an advanced EBC coating system, and an EBC coating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Haydn N.G. Wadley, Bradley Thomas Richards