Patents by Inventor Paul Vincent Arszman

Paul Vincent Arszman 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).

  • Optical reflector for reducing radiation heat transfer to hot engine parts
    Patent number: 7208230
    Abstract: A high temperature gas turbine component for use in the gas flow path that comprises a specular optical reflector coating system. A thin specular optical reflector coating system is applied to the gas flow path of the component, that is, the surface of the component that forms a boundary for hot combustion gases. The component typically includes a thermal barrier coating overlying the high temperature metallic component that permits the component to operate at elevated temperatures. The thermal barrier coating must be polished in order to provide a surface that can suitably reflect the radiation into the gas flow path. The thin reflector coating system comprises a thin high temperature and corrosion resistant refractory stabilizing layer, which is applied over a thin reflective metal layer, which is applied over a thin high temperature and corrosion resistant refractory sealing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Frederick Ackerman, Paul Vincent Arszman, Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj, Nicole Justis
  • Method of applying a metallic heat rejection coating onto a gas turbine engine component
    Patent number: 6720034
    Abstract: A heat-rejection coating is applied to a metallic component of a gas turbine engine, preferably made of a nickel-base superalloy. A component surface is preferably pre-treated, as by polishing the component surface, thereafter pre-oxidizing the component surface, and thereafter applying a ceramic barrier coating onto the component surface. A reflective-coating mixture is air sprayed onto the pre-treated component surface. The reflective-coating mixture includes a metallic pigment, such as platinum, gold, palladium, and alloys thereof, and a reflective-coating-mixture carrier. The component with the reflective-coating mixture sprayed thereon is fired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andrew Jay Skoog, Jane Ann Murphy, John Frederick Ackerman, Paul Vincent Arszman, Bryan Thomas Bojanowski, Timothy Ray Lattire
  • Method of applying a metallic heat rejection coating onto a gas turbine engine component
    Publication number: 20030198750
    Abstract: A heat-rejection coating is applied to a metallic component of a gas turbine engine, preferably made of a nickel-base superalloy. A component surface is preferably pre-treated, as by polishing the component surface, thereafter pre-oxidizing the component surface, and thereafter applying a ceramic barrier coating onto the component surface. A reflective-coating mixture is air sprayed onto the pre-treated component surface. The reflective-coating mixture includes a metallic pigment, such as platinum, gold, palladium, and alloys thereof, and a reflective-coating-mixture carrier. The component with the reflective-coating mixture sprayed thereon is fired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Andrew Jay Skoog, Jane Ann Murphy, John Frederick Ackerman, Paul Vincent Arszman, Bryan Thomas Bojanowski, Timothy Ray Lattire