IP Library Granted Patent US 12,312,281
Granted Patent B2
US 12,312,281 · App. 17/711,625 · Granted May 27, 2025

Environmental barrier coating

Inventors: Richard Wesley Jackson, III (Mystic, CT); Xia Tang (West Hartford, CT); James T. Beals (West Hartford, CT)
Assignee: RTX Corporation
C04B41/526C04B35/481C04B35/62222C04B41/009C04B41/5024C04B41/5042C04B41/522C04B41/87C04B41/89
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Patent No.
US 12,312,281
App. No.
17/711,625
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coating according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes a bond coat including gettering particles and diffusive particles dispersed in a matrix; a top coat disposed over the bond coat, the top coat includes metal silicate particles; and an intermediate layer between the bond coat and the top coat. The intermediate layer includes hafnium silicate particles and matrix. A concentration of metal silicate in the intermediate layer is less than a concentration of metal silicate in the top coat. An article is also disclosed.

Claims (28)

1. A coating, comprising:

a bond coat including gettering particles and diffusive particles dispersed in a matrix;

a top coat disposed over the bond coat, the top coat include metal silicate particles; and

an intermediate layer between the bond coat and the top coat, the intermediate layer including hafnium silicate particles and matrix, wherein a concentration of the hafnium silicate particles in the intermediate layer is less than a concentration of the metal silicate particles in the top coat.

2. The coating as recited in claim 1 , wherein a concentration of matrix in the bond coat is greater than a concentration of matrix in the intermediate layer.

3. The coating as recited in claim 1 , wherein a concentration of matrix in the intermediate layer is greater than a concentration of matrix in the top coat.

4. The coating as recited in claim 3 , wherein a concentration of matrix in the top coat is less than about 10% by volume.

5. The coating as recited in claim 3 , wherein a concentration of the metal silicate particles in the top coat is greater than about 90% by volume.

6. The coating as recited in claim 1 , wherein a concentration of the metal silicate particles in the top coat is greater than about 90% by volume.

7. The coating as recited in claim 1 , wherein the bond coat has a concentration of metal silicate that is less than about 10% by volume.

8. The coating as recited in claim 1 , wherein a concentration of metal silicate in the bond coat is less than a concentration of metal silicate in the intermediate layer.

9. The coating as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a hafnium dioxide overlayer disposed over the top coat.

10. The coating as recited in claim 1 , further comprising an inner bond coat, the inner bond coat including gettering particles dispersed in matrix.

11. The coating as recited in claim 10 , wherein the inner bond coat has a concentration of matrix that is greater than a concentration of matrix in the bond coat.

12. The coating as recited in claim 10 , wherein the inner bond coat has a concentration of metal silicate that is less than about 10% by volume.

13. The coating as recited in claim 10 , wherein the inner bond coat is about half as thick as the bond coat.

14. The coating as recited in claim 1 , wherein the metal silicate particles in the top coat are hafnium silicate.

15. An article, comprising:

a ceramic matrix composite substrate; and

a coating disposed over the ceramic matrix composite substrate, the coating including

a bond coat including gettering particles and diffusive particles dispersed in a matrix;

a top coat disposed over the bond coat, the top coat include metal silicate particles and

an intermediate layer between the bond coat and the top coat, the intermediate layer including hafnium silicate particles and matrix, wherein a concentration of the hafnium silicate particles in the intermediate layer is less than a concentration of the metal silicate particles in the top coat.

16. The article of claim 15 , further comprising a first diffusion zone between the bond coat and the intermediate layer, the first diffusion zone having a concentration of hafnium silicate particles that is between a concentration of metal silicate in the bond coat and a concentration of metal silicate in the intermediate layer, and a second diffusion zone between the intermediate layer and the top coat, the second diffusion zone having a concentration of metal silicate that is between the concentration of metal silicate in the intermediate layer and a concentration of metal silicate in the top coat.

17. The article of claim 15 , wherein a concentration of metal silicate in the bond coat is less than about 10% by volume.

18. The article of claim 15 , wherein a concentration of matrix in the top coat is less than about 10% by volume.

19. The article of claim 15 , further comprising an inner bond coat, the inner bond coat including gettering particles dispersed in matrix.

20. The article of claim 15 , further comprising a comprising a hafnium dioxide overlayer disposed over the top coat.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064402/0837 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2022
From: JACKSON, RICHARD WESLEY, III; TANG, XIA; BEALS, JAMES T.
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059742/0217 →
Continuity (1)
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