IP Library Granted Patent US 11,155,721
Granted Patent B2
US 11,155,721 · App. 15/891,241 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

Articles for high temperature service and related method

Inventors: Lawrence Bernard Kool (Clifton Park, NY); Bernard Patrick Bewlay (Niskayuna, NY)
Assignee: General Electric Company
C09D5/32C09D1/00C09D7/61C23C24/00C23C24/08C23C24/085C08K2003/0812F16J1/01
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Patent No.
US 11,155,721
App. No.
15/891,241
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An article for high temperature service is presented. The article includes a substrate and a thermal barrier coating disposed on the substrate. The thermal barrier coating includes a plurality of aluminum-based particles dispersed in an inorganic binder, wherein the aluminum-based particles are substantially spaced apart from each other via the inorganic binder such that the thermal barrier coating is substantially electrically and thermally insulating. Method of making the article is also presented.

Claims (28)

1. An article, comprising:

a substrate; and

a thermal barrier coating disposed on the substrate, wherein the thermal barrier coating comprises a cured slurry coating, wherein the cured slurry coating comprises a plurality of aluminum-based particles dispersed in an inorganic binder, wherein the aluminum-based particles are substantially spaced apart from each other via the inorganic binder such that the cured slurry coating is substantially electrically and thermally insulating and the aluminum-based particles comprise aluminum metal, an aluminum alloy or combinations thereof.

2. The article of claim 1 , wherein an average domain size of the plurality of aluminum-based particles in the cured slurry coating is in a range from about 0.5 microns to about 30 microns.

3. The article of claim 1 , wherein an average domain size of the inorganic binder in the cured slurry coating is in a range from about 0.5 microns to about 5 microns.

4. The article of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of aluminum-based particles is present in the cured slurry coating in an amount in a range from about 20 volume percent to about 70 volume percent, and the inorganic binder is present in the cured slurry coating in an amount in a range from about 30 volume percent to about 80 volume percent.

5. The article of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic binder comprises a chromate, a phosphate, a molybdate, a vanadate, a tungstate, or combinations thereof.

6. The article of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of aluminum-based particles comprises a core-shell structure.

7. The article of claim 6 , wherein a core of the core-shell structure comprises aluminum metal and a shell of the core-shell structure comprises a complex of the inorganic binder and aluminum.

8. The article of claim 1 , wherein the article comprises an internal combustion engine component.

9. An article, comprising:

an automotive component comprising:

a substrate; and

a thermal barrier coating disposed on the substrate, wherein the thermal barrier coating comprises a cured slurry coating and a burnished coating surface, wherein the cured slurry coating comprises a plurality of aluminum-based particles dispersed in an inorganic binder, wherein the plurality of aluminum-based particles comprises a core-shell structure, wherein a core of the core-shell structure comprises aluminum metal and a shell of the core-shell structure comprises a complex of the inorganic binder and aluminum.

10. The article of claim 9 , wherein the substrate comprises aluminum, aluminum alloy, iron, iron alloy, or a combination thereof.

11. The article of claim 9 , wherein the automotive component comprises a piston, a valve, a cylinder head, an exhaust pipe, a turbo housing, a catalyst container, an exhaust manifold, or combinations thereof.

12. The article of claim 1 , wherein the cured slurry coating has an electrical resistivity greater than 1 ohm.m and a thermal conductivity lower than 2.2 W/m-K and wherein the slurry coating is cured by heat treatment at a temperature lower than 300° C.

13. The article of claim 1 , wherein the cured slurry coating has an electrical resistivity greater than 1 ohm.m and a thermal conductivity lower than 2.2 W/m-K and the thermal barrier coating further comprises a burnished coating surface.

14. The article of claim 1 , wherein the article further comprises a bond coating disposed between the substrate and the thermal barrier coating.

15. The article of claim 1 , wherein the article further comprises a protective coating.

16. The article of claim 9 , wherein the cured slurry coating has an electrical resistivity greater than 1 ohm.m and a thermal conductivity lower than 2.2 W/m-K and wherein the slurry coating is cured by heat treatment at a temperature lower than 300° C.

17. The article of claim 9 , wherein the article further comprises a bond coating disposed between the substrate and the thermal barrier coating.

18. The article of claim 9 , wherein the article further comprises a protective coating.

19. An article, comprising:

a substrate; and

a thermal barrier coating disposed on the substrate, wherein the thermal barrier coating comprises a cured slurry coating and a burnished coating surface, wherein the cured slurry coating comprises a plurality of aluminum-based particles dispersed in an inorganic binder, wherein the aluminum-based particles are substantially spaced apart from each other via the inorganic binder such that the cured slurry coating is substantially electrically and thermally insulating and the aluminum-based particles comprise aluminum metal, an aluminum alloy or combinations thereof.

20. The article of claim 19 , wherein the article comprises an internal combustion engine component.

21. The article of claim 19 , wherein the inorganic binder comprises a chromate, a phosphate, a molybdate, a vanadate, a tungstate, or combinations thereof and wherein the slurry coating is cured by heat treatment at a temperature lower than 300° C.

Assignments (5)
QUITCLAIM ASSIGNMENT Recorded Sep 18, 2025
From: EDISON INNOVATIONS LLC
To: BLUE RIDGE INNOVATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 072938/0793 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2025
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
To: GE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 070636/0815 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 26, 2025
From: GE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSING, LLC
To: DOLBY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 070643/0907 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: DOLBY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSING, LLC
To: EDISON INNOVATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 070293/0273 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2018
From: KOOL, LAWRENCE BERNARD; BEWLAY, BERNARD PATRICK
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Reel/Frame 044860/0342 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62529165 · Jul 6, 2017
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