IP Library Granted Patent US 11,760,696
Granted Patent B2
US 11,760,696 · App. 16/240,062 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Ceramic matrix composite component with modified thermal expansion and method for producing the same

Inventor: Richard Wesley Jackson (Groton, CT)
Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
C04B35/80C04B2235/9607
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Patent No.
US 11,760,696
App. No.
16/240,062
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material component is provided that includes a CMC material and an environmental barrier coating (EBC). The CMC material includes first fibers, a matrix, and at least one coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) increasing additive. The first fibers include a first material having a first CTE value. The matrix includes a second material having a second CTE value. The at least one CTE increasing additive has a third CTE value. The EBC is disposed on at least one exposed surface of the CMC material and has a fourth CTE value. The third CTE value is greater than the first CTE value and the second CTE value, and the at least one CTE increasing additive is present within the CMC material in an amount that elevates a CTE value of the CMC material above the first CTE value or the second CTE value.

Claims (5)

1. A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material component, comprising: a CMC material comprising: a plurality of first fibers comprising a first material, the first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) value; a matrix incorporated with the plurality of fibers, the matrix comprising a second material having a second CTE value; and at least one CTE increasing additive having a third CTE value, the at least one CTE increasing additive incorporated into the plurality of first fibers; and an environmental barrier coating (EBC) disposed on at least one exposed surface of the CMC material, the EBC having a fourth CTE value; wherein the third CTE value is greater than the first CTE value and the second CTE value, and the at least one CTE increasing additive is present within the CMC material in an amount that elevates a CTE value of the CMC material above the first CTE value or the second CTE value.

2. The CMC material component of claim 1 , wherein the at least one CTE increasing additive is provided as fibers, and the CTE increasing additive fibers are incorporated with the plurality of first fibers to produce a plurality of fiber tows and are incorporated into the CMC material.

3. The CMC material component of claim 2 , wherein the at least one CTE increasing additive fibers are a first CTE increasing additive, and the at least one CTE increasing additive includes a second CTE increasing additive that is incorporated into the matrix.

4. The CMC material component of claim 3 , wherein the second CTE increasing additive is incorporated into the matrix in particulate form.

5. A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material component, comprising: a CMC material comprising: a plurality of first fibers comprising a first material, the first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) value; a matrix incorporated with the plurality of fibers, the matrix comprising a second material having a second CTE value; and at least one CTE increasing additive having a third CTE value, wherein the at least one CTE increasing additive comprises ZrO 2 -Y 2 O 3 ; and an environmental barrier coating (EBC) disposed on at least one exposed surface of the CMC material, the EBC having a fourth CTE value; wherein the third CTE value is greater than the first CTE value and the second CTE value, and the at least one CTE increasing additive is present within the CMC material in an amount that elevates a CTE value of the CMC material above the first CTE value or the second CTE value.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064402/0837 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE AND REMOVE PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11886281 AND ADD PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 14846874. TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054062 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Recorded Mar 4, 2021
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055659/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 4, 2020
From: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054062/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2019
From: JACKSON, RICHARD WESLEY
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047904/0292 →
Continuity (1)
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