Patents by Inventor Eleanor Gettliffe

Eleanor Gettliffe 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).

  • Method of forming a coating on a reactor coolant pump sealing surface
    Patent number: 5057340
    Abstract: A ceramic-based coating is provided on a sealing surface of a sealing assembly component by processing and applying a powder mixture of ceramic particles and metal binder, encasing the coating of powder on the sealing surface by applying a metallic cover thereover, evacuating the atmosphere between the cover and coating, hot isostatic pressing the component and coating, cooling the component and coating, and after cooling thereof removing the cover from the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Natraj C. Iyer, Eleanor Gettliffe