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| 20090075101 | Combustion Turbine Component Having Rare Earth CoNiCrAl Coating and Associated Methods - A combustion turbine component ( | 03-19-2009 |
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| 20090075111 | Combustion Turbine Component Having Rare Earth NiCrAl Coating and Associated Methods - A combustion turbine component ( | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090075112 | Combustion Turbine Component Having Rare Earth FeCrAl Coating and Associated Methods - A combustion turbine component ( | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090121896 | Instrumented Component for Wireless Telemetry - A telemetry system for use in a combustion turbine engine ( | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090219040 | Sensor for Quantifying Widening Reduction Wear on a Surface - A wear sensor ( | 09-03-2009 |
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| 20100039289 | Wireless Telemetry Electronic Circuit Package for High Temperature Environments - A circuit assembly ( | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039290 | Wireless Telemetry Electronic Circuitry for Measuring Strain in High-Temperature Environments - In a telemetry system for use in an engine, a circuit structure ( | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039779 | Wireless Telemetry Electronic Circuit Board for High Temperature Environments - A circuit assembly ( | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100043597 | METHOD OF MAKING RARE-EARTH STRENGTHENED COMPONENTS - A method of manufacturing a metallic component includes atomizing, in an inert atmosphere, a metallic liquid having at least one rare-earth element and at least one non rare-earth element to form a metallic powder. A series of heat treating steps are performed on the metallic powder. A first heat treating step is performed in an oxidizing atmosphere, and a second heat treating step is performed in an inert atmosphere. A third heat treating step is performed in a reducing atmosphere to form a metallic power having an increased proportion of rare-earth oxides compared to non rare-earth oxides. The metallic component is formed from the metallic powder having the increased proportion of rare-earth oxides compared to non rare-earth oxides. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100047063 | Use of a Tungsten Bronze Structured Material and Turbine Component with s Thermal Barrier Coating - A tungsten bronze structured ceramic material as a thermal barrier coating is described wherein the tungsten bronze structured ceramic coating material has the formula AO—B | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100055339 | METHOD OF FORMING MOLYBDENUM BASED WEAR RESISTANT COATING ON A WORKPIECE - A method is for forming a wear resistant coating on a workpiece. The method includes atomizing a metallic liquid including molybdenum in an atmosphere to form a crystalline metallic powder including molybdenum. The crystalline metallic powder is milled to form a nanocrystalline metallic powder including molybdenum. Moreover, the method includes thermal spraying the nanocrystalline metallic powder including molybdenum onto the workpiece. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100061875 | Combustion Turbine Component Having Rare-Earth Elements and Associated Methods - A method of making a combustion turbine component includes forming a nanosized powder including a plurality of metals and at least one rare-earth element and agglomerating the nanosized powder to form a microsized powder including a plurality of metals and at least one rare-earth element. The microsized powder is processed to form a cohesive metallic mass and a primary aging heat treating is performed on the cohesive metallic mass. A solution heat treating may be performed on the cohesive metallic mass prior to the primary aging heat treating. A secondary aging treating may be performed on the cohesive metallic mass after the primary aging treating. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100068405 | METHOD OF FORMING METALLIC CARBIDE BASED WEAR RESISTANT COATING ON A COMBUSTION TURBINE COMPONENT - A method of forming a wear resistant coating on a combustion turbine component includes melting an ingot including at least one metallic carbide to form a metallic liquid including at least one metallic carbide. The metallic liquid including at least one metallic carbide is atomized in an atmosphere to form a metallic powder including at least one metallic carbide. The metallic powder including at least one metallic carbide is milled to form a nanosized metallic powder including at least one metallic carbide. The nanosized metallic powder including at least one metallic carbide is thermally sprayed onto the combustion turbine component. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100068508 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING WEAR OF COMPONENTS - A structure and method for instrumenting a component for monitoring wear in a coating. The method includes depositing a first thin layer of electrically insulating material, depositing a thin electrically conductive layer over the first electrically insulating layer, depositing a second thin layer of electrically insulating material over the electrically conductive layer. An overlying thickness of the coating material is deposited over the second thin layer of electrically insulating material. The thicknesses of the insulating and conducting layers is controlled to be small enough such that the overlying coating surface exposed to mechanical wear retains a desired degree of smoothness without the necessity for a separate planarization step. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100075111 | Structure and Method for Forming Detailed Channels for Thin Walled Components Using Thermal Spraying - A coated substrate with a subsurface cooling channel having no corner disposed proximate a seam between the substrate and the coating. A method for forming such a structure, including forming a groove in a surface of a substrate, forming a preform having a cooperating portion and a protruding portion, inserting the cooperating portion of the preform into the groove, leaving the protruding portion of the preform protruding beyond the surface of the substrate, applying a layer of a coating material to the surface of the substrate and the protruding portion of the perform, and removing the preform, thereby creating a cooling channel. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100078202 | Printed Circuit Board for Harsh Environments - A printed circuit board (PCB | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100117859 | Apparatus and Method of Monitoring Operating Parameters of a Gas Turbine - An integrated, self-powered, sensing and transmitting module ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100226756 | Instrumented component for use in an operating environment - An instrumented component ( | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100226757 | Instrumented component for combustion turbine engine - An instrumented component ( | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100278680 | Combustion Turbine Component Having Rare-Earth Strengthened Alloy and Associated Methods - A method of making a combustion turbine component includes forming a metallic powder including at least one metal and at least one rare-earth element and processing the metallic powder including at least one metal and at least one rare-earth element to form a cohesive metallic mass. A primary aging heat treatment may be performed on the cohesive metallic mass. A homogenization heat treatment may be performed on the cohesive metallic mass prior to the primary aging heat treating. Furthermore, a secondary aging heat treatment may be performed on the cohesive metallic mass after the primary aging heat treating. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110133950 | INSTRUMENTED COMPONENT FOR WIRELESS TELEMETRY - A telemetry system for use in a combustion turbine engine ( | 06-09-2011 |
