Patents by Inventor John E. Gates

John E. Gates 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).

  • Erosion resistant coatings
    Patent number: 3951612
    Abstract: Composite coatings are formed of a ceramic-type material such as chromium carbide over an intermediate layer of a ductile metal such as nickel on stainless steel turbine compressor blades. Such coatings were found to reduce the erosion by entrained particles to less than 10 percent that experienced by uncoated blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Assignee: Aerospace Materials Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Gates, Neil D. Veigel, Melvin F. Browning