Patents by Inventor James H. Clare

James H. Clare 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for coating gas turbine engines
    Patent number: 8007246
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a component for a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes applying a bond coat to at least a portion of the component, applying a dense vertically cracked (DVC) thermal barrier coating to at least a portion of the bond coat using a spray mechanism positioned a first distance from the component, and overlying at least a portion of the DVC thermal barrier coating with a soft coat thermal barrier coating using a spray mechanism that is positioned a second distance away from the component, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance to facilitate adherence of the soft coating thermal barrier coating to the DVC thermal barrier coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Raymond Grant Rowe, Tara Easter McGovern, Jane Ann Murphy, Andrew Jay Skoog, William R. Stowell, Paul Thomas Marks, Lisa DeBellis, James H. Clare
  • Methods and apparatus for coating gas turbine engines
    Publication number: 20110044821
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a component for a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes applying a bond coat to at least a portion of the component, applying a dense vertically cracked (DVC) thermal barrier coating to at least a portion of the bond coat using a spray mechanism positioned a first distance from the component, and overlying at least a portion of the DVC thermal barrier coating with a soft coat thermal barrier coating using a spray mechanism that is positioned a second distance away from the component, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance to facilitate adherence of the soft coating thermal barrier coating to the DVC thermal barrier coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Raymond Grant Rowe, Tara Easter McGovern, Jane Ann Murphy, Andrew Jay Skoog, William R. Stowell, Paul Thomas Marks, Lisa DeBellis, James H. Clare
  • Method for providing metallurgically bonded thermally sprayed coatings
    Patent number: 5268045
    Abstract: Metallurgical bonded thermally sprayed coatings of exceptional bond strength are provided by a metal surface, prior to thermal spray coating, being electrochemically cleaned, or more desirably being electrochemically cleaned and electrochemically metallized, prior to overlaying with a thermal spray deposited metal coating with after depositing the thermal spray coating proceeding with a post heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1993
    Assignee: John F. Wolpert
    Inventor: James H. Clare