Patents by Inventor Curtis Alan Johnson
Curtis Alan Johnson 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).
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Patent number: 7597966Abstract: A thermal barrier coating and deposition process for a component intended for use in a hostile thermal environment, such as the turbine, combustor and augmentor components of a gas turbine engine. The TBC has a first coating portion on at least a first surface portion of the component. The first coating portion is formed of a ceramic material to have at least an inner region, at least an outer region overlying the inner region, and a columnar microstructure whereby the inner and outer regions comprise columns of the ceramic material. The columns of the inner region are more closely spaced than the columns of the outer region so that the inner region of the first coating portion is denser than the outer region of the first coating portion, wherein the higher density of the inner region promotes the impact resistance of the first coating portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Irene Spitsberg, Brett Allen Rohrer Boutwell, Robert William Bruce, Curtis Alan Johnson, Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, William Scott Walston
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Patent number: 7595114Abstract: An environmental barrier coating for a component including silicon that has a first coefficient of thermal expansion is provided. The environmental coating includes a silicon bondcoat that is bonded to at least a portion of an outer surface of the component. An intermediate layer is bonded to the silicon bondcoat and has a second coefficient of thermal expansion matched to the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The intermediate layer has a general composition of RE2Si2O7. A protective layer is bonded to the intermediate layer and has a general composition of RE2SiO5. A surface layer is bonded to the protective layer. The surface layer includes RE and has a ratio of RE to oxygen of at least 2:3.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2005Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Peter Joel Meschter, Curtis Alan Johnson, Krishan Lal Luthra, Reza Sarrafi-Nour
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Publication number: 20090220776Abstract: An environmental barrier coating for a component including silicon that has a first coefficient of thermal expansion is provided. The environmental coating includes a silicon bondcoat that is bonded to at least a portion of an outer surface of the component. An intermediate layer is bonded to the silicon bondcoat and has a second coefficient of thermal expansion matched to the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The intermediate layer has a general composition of RE2Si2O7. A protective layer is bonded to the intermediate layer and has a general composition of RE2SiO5. A surface layer is bonded to the protective layer. The surface layer includes RE and has a ratio of RE to oxygen of at least 2:3.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2005Publication date: September 3, 2009Inventors: Peter Joel Meschter, Curtis Alan Johnson, Krishan Lal Luthra, Reza Sarrafi-Nour
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Publication number: 20090155554Abstract: An article resistant to recession in high temperature environments, and methods for making the article, are presented herein. The article comprises a substrate, an intermediate coating system disposed over the substrate, and a topcoat disposed over the intermediate coating system. The intermediate coating system comprises a separator layer comprising an oxygen getter material, and a barrier layer disposed over the separator layer, the barrier layer comprising a ceramic composition. The topcoat also comprises this ceramic composition. Moreover, at least about 50% by volume of the ceramic composition present in the barrier layer is a metastable precursor material that tends to transform over time into a product material. At least about 75% by volume of the ceramic composition present in the topcoat is the product material, and up to about 25% by volume of the ceramic composition present in the topcoat is the metastable precursor material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, Peter Joel Meschter, Yungyee Jennifer Su Saak, Curtis Alan Johnson, Krishan Lal Luthra
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Patent number: 7544394Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, an article is provided. The article comprises a substrate comprised of silicon containing material, an environmental barrier coating (EBC) overlying the substrate and a thermal barrier coating (TBC) on the environmental barrier coating. The thermal barrier coating comprising a compound having a rhombohedral phase.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brett Allen Rohrer Boutwell, Irene Spitsberg, Christine Govern, Bangalore A. Nagaraj, Brian Thomas Hazel, Ramgopal Darolia, Curtis Alan Johnson, Yan Gao, Mark Daniel Gorman
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Patent number: 7537806Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a thermal barrier coating for inclusion in a thermal barrier coating system is provided. The thermal barrier coating comprises a compound having a rhombohedral phase. In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, a thermal barrier coating is provided that comprises a compound having the formula of: A4B3O12, wherein A is at least one rare earth element; and B is selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brett Allen Rohrer Boutwell, Ramgopal Darolia, Curtis Alan Johnson, Irene Spitsberg, Mark Daniel Gorman, Yan Gao
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Publication number: 20090053050Abstract: A support apparatus for a gas turbine shroud is disclosed. The apparatus includes an outer shroud block having a coupling connectable to a casing of the gas turbine and a shroud component having a forward flange and an aft flange. The shroud component is attached to the outer shroud block via the forward flange and the aft flange. The apparatus further includes a damper disposed between the outer shroud block and the shroud component and a biasing element disposed within the outer shroud block. A translational degree of freedom between the damper and the outer shroud block defines a direction of motion of the damper. The biasing element is in operable connection between the outer shroud block and the shroud component via the damper, a bias force of the biasing element directed along the direction of motion of the damper.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kevin Leon Bruce, Ronald Ralph Cairo, Ronald Phillip Nimmer, Curtis Alan Johnson, Gregory Scot Corman, Herbert Chidsey Roberts, III
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Patent number: 7476453Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a thermal barrier coating for inclusion in a thermal barrier coating system is provided. The thermal barrier coating comprises a compound having a rhombohedral phase. In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, a thermal barrier coating is provided that comprises a compound having the formula of: A4B3O12, wherein A is at least one rare earth element; and B is selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brett Allen Rohrer Boutwell, Ramgopal Darolia, Curtis Alan Johnson, Irene Spitsberg, Mark Daniel Gorman, Yan Gao
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Publication number: 20090004427Abstract: An article for use in aggressive environments is presented. In one embodiment, the article comprises a substrate and a self-sealing and substantially hermetic sealing layer disposed over the bondcoat. The substrate may be any high-temperature material, including, for instance, silicon-bearing ceramics and ceramic matrix composites. A method for making such articles is also presented. The method comprises providing a substrate; disposing a self-sealing layer over the substrate; and heating the sealing layer to a sealing temperature at which at least a portion of the sealing layer will flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Reza Sarrafi-Nour, Krishan Lal Luthra, Peter Joel Meschter, Curtis Alan Johnson
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Publication number: 20080305264Abstract: A thermal barrier coating and deposition process for a component intended for use in a hostile thermal environment, such as the turbine, combustor and augmentor components of a gas turbine engine. The TBC has a first coating portion on at least a first surface portion of the component. The first coating portion is formed of a ceramic material to have at least an inner region, at least an outer region overlying the inner region, and a columnar microstructure whereby the inner and outer regions comprise columns of the ceramic material. The columns of the inner region are more closely spaced than the columns of the outer region so that the inner region of the first coating portion is denser than the outer region of the first coating portion, wherein the higher density of the inner region promotes the impact resistance of the first coating portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: December 11, 2008Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Irene Spitsberg, Brett Allen Rohrer Boutwell, Robert William Bruce, Curtis Alan Johnson, Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, William Scott Walston, Rudolfo Viguie, Joshua Leigh Miller, Roger D. Wustman
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Publication number: 20080236869Abstract: Method for joining wires using low resistivity joints is provided. More specifically, methods of joining one or more wires having superconductive filaments, such as magnesium diboride filaments, are provided. The wires are joined by a low resistivity joint to form wires of a desired length for applications, such in medical imaging applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Judson Sloan Marte, Xianrui Huang, Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Bruce Alan Knudsen, Thomas Robert Raber, Robert John Zabala, James William Bray, Paul Shadforth Thompson, Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro, Curtis Alan Johnson, Sylvia Marie Decarr
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Publication number: 20080166499Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a thermal barrier coating for inclusion in a thermal barrier coating system is provided. The thermal barrier coating comprises a compound having a rhombohedral phase. In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, a thermal barrier coating is provided that comprises a compound having the formula of: A4B3O12, wherein A is at least one rare earth element; and B is selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf and mixtures thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Brett Allen Rohrer Boutwell, Ramgopal Darolia, Curtis Alan Johnson, Irene Spitsberg, Mark Daniel Gorman, Yan Gao
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Publication number: 20080160201Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, an article is provided. The article comprises a substrate comprised of silicon containing material, an environmental barrier coating (EBC) overlying the substrate and a thermal barrier coating (TBC) on the environmental barrier coating. The thermal barrier coating comprising a compound having a rhombohedral phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Brett Allen Rohrer Boutwell, Irene Spitsberg, Christine Govern, Bangalore A. Nagaraj, Brian Thomas Hazel, Ramgopal Darolia, Curtis Alan Johnson, Yan Gao, Mark Daniel Gorman
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Patent number: 7364807Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, an article is provided. The article comprises a substrate comprised of silicon containing material, an environmental barrier coating (EBC) overlying the substrate and a thermal barrier coating (TBC) on the environmental barrier coating. The thermal barrier coating comprising a compound having a rhombohedral phase.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brett Allen Rohrer Boutwell, Irene Spitsberg, Christine Govern, Bangalore A. Nagaraj, Brian Thomas Hazel, Ramgopal Darolia, Curtis Alan Johnson, Yan Gao, Mark Daniel Gorman
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Publication number: 20080081109Abstract: Disclosed is a porous abradable coating including at least one abradable layer applicable to a substrate, said at least one abradable layer comprising coarsely cut powder pieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2006Publication date: April 3, 2008Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Curtis Alan Johnson, Yuk-Chiu Lau, Joshua Lee Margolies, Herbert Chidsey Roberts
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Patent number: 6998172Abstract: A thermal barrier coating (TBC 26) and method for forming the TBC (26) on a component (10) characterized by a stabilized microstructure that resists grain growth, sintering and pore coarsening or coalescence during high temperature excursions. The TBC (26) contains elemental carbon and/or a carbon-containing gas that increase the amount of porosity (32) initially within the TBC (26) and form additional fine closed porosity (32) within the TBC (26) during subsequent exposures to high temperatures. A first method involves incorporating elemental carbon precipitates by evaporation into the TBC microstructure. A second method is to directly incorporate an insoluble gas, such as a carbon-containing gas, into an as-deposited TBC (26) and then partially sinter the TBC (26) to entrap the gas and produce fine stable porosity within the TBC (26).Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2002Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Boris A. Movchan, Yuriy E. Rudoy, Leonella M. Nerodenko, Ramgopal Darolia, Irene Spitsberg, Anthony Mark Thompson, Curtis Alan Johnson, David John Wortman
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Patent number: 6982126Abstract: A thermal barrier coating (TBC) for a component intended for use in a hostile thermal environment. The TBC has an interior region and an outer surface region on and contacting the interior region. Both regions are formed of a ceramic material, with the interior region having a lower thermal conductivity than zirconia partially stabilized by about seven weight percent yttria. The interior region constitutes more than half of the thickness of the TBC, and the outer surface region constitutes less than half of the thickness of the TBC. The TBC has a columnar microstructure whereby the interior region and the outer surface region comprise columns of their ceramic materials. The outer surface region is more erosion and impact resistant than the interior region at least in part as a result of the columns thereof being more closely spaced than the columns of the interior region.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2003Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ramgopal Darolia, Irene Spitsberg, Brett Allen Rohrer Boutwell, Mark Daniel Gorman, Curtis Alan Johnson, Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani
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Patent number: 6916429Abstract: A process for removing aluminosilicate-based material (e.g., “CMAS”) from a substrate is described. The material is treated with an aqueous composition containing at least one acid having the formula HxAF6, in which A is Si, Ge, Ti, Zr, Al, and Ga; and x is 1-6. Treatment of the substrate is often carried out by immersion in an aqueous bath. The process is also very effective for removing CMAS-type material from cavities in the substrate, e.g., cooling holes in a gas turbine component. Related compositions are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2002Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Lawrence Bernard Kool, Stephen Joseph Ferrigno, Robert George Zimmerman, Jr., Mark Alan Rosenzweig, Curtis Alan Johnson
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Patent number: 6844100Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes at least one fuel cell unit and a number of interconnects defining at least two openings and including at least one flow field for flowing a reagent. Each opening defines a respective fuel manifold, including at least one each of intake and exhaust fuel manifolds. The fuel cell unit includes an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte disposed therebetween. The anode is adjacent to and in both electrical connection and fluid communication with one of the interconnects, which has a flow field that guides a fuel flow between the intake and exhaust fuel manifolds. The cathode is adjacent to and in both electrical connection and fluid communication with another interconnect with a flow field that guides an oxidant flow. The fuel cell stack includes a perimeter isolation seal and at least two interior isolation seals for sealing the electrolyte to the respective interconnects.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2002Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Richard Scott Bourgeois, Anthony Mark Thompson, Curtis Alan Johnson
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Publication number: 20040180252Abstract: A fuel cell and a method for manufacturing a fuel cell are presented. The method comprises providing at least one substrate and disposing a plurality of fuel cell component layers on the substrate by at least one physical vapor deposition process. Each layer of the plurality comprises an edge bordering the layer. The fuel cell unit comprises at least one substrate; a plurality of fuel cell component layers disposed on the substrate, wherein each layer of the plurality comprises an edge bordering the layer; and at least one dense layer of material disposed over at least a portion of the edge of at least one fuel cell component layer. The at least one dense layer seals at least the aforementioned portion of the edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2003Publication date: September 16, 2004Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: David John Wortman, Curtis Alan Johnson, Anthony Mark Thompson, Don Mark Lipkin