Patents by Inventor Steven Earl Bauer

Steven Earl Bauer 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 for coating an internal surface of an article with an aluminum-containing coating
    Patent number: 7056555
    Abstract: An article having an internal passage therein and an internal article surface is coated by providing a coating slurry that is a mixture of a deposition source including a source of aluminum, a halide activator, and a flowable carrier comprising a flowable compound selected from the group consisting of a flowable organic compound and a flowable inorganic compound. There is no oxide dispersant in the coating slurry. The coating slurry is introduced into the internal passage and dried to remove at least a portion of the carrier therefrom and leave a dried coating material. The article surface in gaseous communication with the dried coating material is heated to form an aluminum-containing coating bonded to the article surface. Any residual dried coating material is removed by blowing compressed air through the internal passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven Earl Bauer, Gary Eugene Wheat, Matthew David Saylor, Jeffrey Allan Pfaendtner, Atul Natwerlal Shah
  • METHOD FOR COATING AN INTERNAL SURFACE OF AN ARTICLE WITH AN ALUMINUM-CONTAINING COATING
    Publication number: 20040115355
    Abstract: An article having an internal passage therein and an internal article surface is coated by providing a coating slurry that is a mixture of a deposition source including a source of aluminum, a halide activator, and a flowable carrier comprising a flowable compound selected from the group consisting of a flowable organic compound and a flowable inorganic compound. There is no oxide dispersant in the coating slurry. The coating slurry is introduced into the internal passage and dried to remove at least a portion of the carrier therefrom and leave a dried coating material. The article surface in gaseous communication with the dried coating material is heated to form an aluminum-containing coating bonded to the article surface. Any residual dried coating material is removed by blowing compressed air through the internal passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Steven Earl Bauer, Gary Eugene Wheat, Matthew David Saylor, Jeffrey Allan Pfaendtner, Atul Natwerlal Shah