Patents by Inventor Virginia E. Collier

Virginia E. Collier 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).

  • Advanced oxidation protection system with broad temperature range capability
    Patent number: 12583785
    Abstract: A method for forming an oxidation protection system on a carbon-carbon composite structure can comprise applying a boron slurry to the carbon-carbon composite structure, wherein the boron slurry comprises a boron compound, a first glass mixture, a first glass former, a first glass modifier, and a first carrier fluid, the first glass mixture including a first glass compound and a second glass compound, the first glass compound having a first viscosity-temperature profile that is at least one order of magnitude below a second viscosity-temperature profile of the second glass compound; applying a silicon slurry to the carbon-carbon composite structure, wherein the silicon slurry comprises a silicon compound, a third glass compound, a second glass former, a second glass modifier, and a second carrier fluid; and heating the carbon-carbon composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhongfen Ding, Steven Poteet, John S. Linck, Xia Tang, Richard Wesley Jackson, III, Michael Miller, Virginia E. Collier, Hans L Lehermeier
  • SELF HEALING OPS THROUGH VISCOSITY LOWERING
    Publication number: 20240318695
    Abstract: A method for forming an oxidation protection system on a carbon-carbon composite structure comprises applying a boron slurry to the carbon-carbon composite structure, wherein the boron slurry comprises a boron composition, a first glass compound, a first glass former, a first glass modifier, and a first carrier fluid, the boron composition including a first metal boride, applying a silicon slurry to the carbon-carbon composite structure, wherein the silicon slurry comprises a silicon compound, a glass compound, a second glass former, a second glass modifier, an oxygen inhibitor, and a second carrier fluid; and heating the carbon-carbon composite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Zhongfen Ding, Steven Poteet, Michael Miller, Virginia E. Collier, Xia Tang, Richard Wesley Jackson, III
  • ADVANCED OXIDATION PROTECTION SYSTEM WITH BROAD TEMPERATURE RANGE CAPABILITY
    Publication number: 20240317635
    Abstract: A method for forming an oxidation protection system on a carbon-carbon composite structure can comprise applying a boron slurry to the carbon-carbon composite structure, wherein the boron slurry comprises a boron compound, a first glass mixture, a first glass former, a first glass modifier, and a first carrier fluid, the first glass mixture including a first glass compound and a second glass compound, the first glass compound having a first viscosity-temperature profile that is at least one order of magnitude below a second viscosity-temperature profile of the second glass compound; applying a silicon slurry to the carbon-carbon composite structure, wherein the silicon slurry comprises a silicon compound, a third glass compound, a second glass former, a second glass modifier, and a second carrier fluid; and heating the carbon-carbon composite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Zhongfen Ding, Steven Poteet, John S. Linck, Xia Tang, Richard Wesley Jackson, III, Michael Miller, Virginia E. Collier, Hans L. Lehermeier