Patents by Inventor David Austin Wark

David Austin Wark 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: 8925792
    Abstract: A method of bonding superalloys is provided. The method includes: aligning a first superalloy subcomponent having a gamma-prime solvus g?1 and a second superalloy subcomponent having a gamma-prime solvus g?2, with a filler material that includes at least 1.5 wt % boron disposed between the first and second superalloy subcomponents; performing a first heat treatment at a temperature T1, where T1 is above the solidus of the filler material and below the liquidus of the filler material; and performing a second heat treatment at a temperature T2, where T2 is greater than T1, and where T2 is greater than or equal to the lower of g?1 and g?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Akane Suzuki, Jeffrey Jon Schoonover, David Austin Wark
  • Publication number: 20140367455
    Abstract: A method of bonding superalloys is provided. The method includes: aligning a first superalloy subcomponent having a gamma-prime solvus g?1 and a second superalloy subcomponent having a gamma-prime solvus g?2, with a filler material that includes at least 1.5 wt % boron disposed between the first and second superalloy subcomponents; performing a first heat treatment at a temperature T1, where T1 is above the solidus of the filler material and below the liquidus of the filler material; and performing a second heat treatment at a temperature T2, where T2 is greater than T1, and where T2 is greater than or equal to the lower of g?1 and g?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Akane SUZUKI, Jeffrey Jon SCHOONOVER, David Austin WARK
  • Publication number: 20130115072
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a high temperature oxidation and hot corrosion resistant MCrAlX alloy is disclosed, wherein M comprises cobalt and X comprises, by weight of the alloy, from about 0.001 percent to less than 0.19 percent yttrium. In these alloys, X may also optionally include silicon, including, by weight of the alloy, up to about 1.5 percent. In another exemplary embodiment, a coated article is disclosed. The coated article includes a substrate having a surface. The article also includes a bond coat disposed on the surface. The bond coat comprises a high temperature oxidation and hot corrosion resistant MCrAlX alloy, wherein M comprises cobalt and X comprises, by weight of the alloy, from about 0.001 percent to less than 0.19 percent yttrium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kivilcim Onal, David Vincent Bucci, Canan Uslu Hardwicke, David Austin Wark