IP Library Granted Patent US 12,410,107
Granted Patent B2
US 12,410,107 · App. 15/958,119 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Nanolaminate fiber interface coatings for composites

Inventors: Neal Magdefrau (Tolland, CT); Paul Sheedy (Bolton, CT)
Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
C04B41/4584C04B35/76C04B35/82C04B41/52C04B2235/5212C04B2235/5216C04B2237/704
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Patent No.
US 12,410,107
App. No.
15/958,119
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a multi nanolayer interface coating for a fiber of a composite including a first interface coating nanolayer deposited onto the fiber of the ceramic matrix composite, and a second interface coating nanolayer deposited onto the first interface coating nanolayer.

Claims (18)

1. A multi nanolayer interface coating for a fiber of a composite comprising:

a first interface coating nanolayer deposited onto the fiber of the composite, and

a second interface coating nanolayer deposited onto the first interface coating nanolayer;

a third interface coating nanolayer deposited onto the second interface coating nanolayer, and a fourth interface coating nanolayer deposited onto the third interface coating nanolayer;

wherein the first, second, third and fourth interface coating nanolayers are arranged in a consistent repeating pattern; where the first, second, third and fourth interface coating nanolayers contain a nitride, a carbide, a boride, or an oxide; where the first, second, third and fourth interface coating nanolayers are disposed on the fiber via atomic layer deposition; and

wherein the first interface coating nanolayer has the identical composition as the third interface coating nanolayer and the first interface coating nanolayer is deposited at the same deposition temperature as the third interface coating nanolayer, and the second interface coating nanolayer has the identical composition as the fourth interface coating nanolayer and the second interface coating nanolayer is deposited at the same deposition temperature as the fourth interface coating nanolayer, and the first interface coating nanolayer has a different composition than the second interface coating nanolayer, and the deposition temperature of the first interface coating nanolayer is different than the deposition temperature of the second interface coating nanolayer,

wherein the thickness of the adjacent nanolayers varies by less than an order of magnitude,

wherein the composite is a glass matrix composite, where the glass matrix composite is a borosilicate glass, an aluminosilicate glass, a high silica glass, a phosphate glass, or a combination thereof, wherein the first interface coating nanolayer has a thickness of 0.5 Angstroms to less than 25 nanometers, and wherein the second interface coating nanolayer has a thickness of 0.5 Angstroms to less than 25 nanometers.

2. The multi nanolayer interface coating of claim 1 , wherein the multi nanolayer interface coating for the fiber of the composite comprises a plurality of nanolayers having a combined thickness less than or equal to 5000 nanometers.

3. The multi nanolayer interface coating of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of nanolayers are arranged in a consistent repeating pattern.

4. A composite material comprising a matrix material and a plurality of fibers embedded within the matrix material wherein the plurality of fibers comprises a multi nanolayer interface coating and the multi nanolayer interface coating comprises a first interface coating nanolayer deposited onto the plurality of fibers, and a second interface nanolayer deposited onto the first interface coating nanolayer; and

a third interface coating nanolayer deposited onto the second interface coating nanolayer, and a fourth interface coating nanolayer deposited onto the third interface coating nanolayer;

wherein the first, second, third and fourth interface coating nanolayers are arranged in a consistent repeating pattern; and

wherein the first interface coating nanolayer has the identical composition as the third interface coating nanolayer and the first interface coating nanolayer is deposited at the same deposition temperature as the third interface coating nanolayer, and the second interface coating nanolayer has the identical composition as the fourth interface coating nanolayer and the second interface coating nanolayer is deposited at the same deposition temperature as the fourth interface coating nanolayer, and the first interface coating nanolayer has a different composition than the second interface coating nanolayer, and the deposition temperature of the first interface coating nanolayer is different than the deposition temperature of the second interface coating nanolayer, where the first, second, third and fourth interface coating nanolayers contain a nitride, a carbide, a boride, or an oxide; where the first, second, third and fourth interface coating nanolayers are disposed on the fiber via atomic layer deposition;

wherein the thickness of the adjacent nanolayers varies by less than an order of magnitude,

wherein the composite is a glass matrix composite, where the glass matrix composite is a borosilicate glass, an aluminosilicate glass, a high silica glass, a phosphate glass, or a combination thereof, wherein the first interface coating nanolayer has a thickness of 0.5 Angstroms to less than 25 nanometers, and wherein the second interface coating nanolayer has a thickness of 0.5 Angstroms to less than 25 nanometers.

5. The composite material of claim 4 , wherein the multi nanolayer interface coating for the fiber of the composite includes a plurality of nanolayers having a combined thickness less than or equal to 5000 nanometers.

6. The composite material of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of nanolayers are arranged in a consistent repeating pattern.

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 Apr 20, 2018
From: MAGDEFRAU, NEAL; SHEEDY, PAUL
To: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045596/0886 →
Continuity (1)
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