IP Library Granted Patent US 12,503,953
Granted Patent B2
US 12,503,953 · App. 18/440,566 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Ceramic matrix composite component with coating

Inventors: Juan Gomez (El Paso, TX); Nizar Zahed (Glastonbury, CT)
Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
F01D11/122F05D2230/90F05D2240/55F05D2300/611
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Patent No.
US 12,503,953
App. No.
18/440,566
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blade outer air seal includes a center web having a radially inner face and a radially outer face, at least one mounting arm extending from the radially outer face, and a coating disposed on the radially inner face. The coating includes an environmental barrier coating layer and an abradable layer disposed on the environmental barrier layer. The abradable layer has a porosity of between about 15 percent and about 40 percent. A gas turbine engine and a method of protecting a blade outer air seal are also disclosed.

Claims (38)

1 . A blade outer air seal, comprising:

a center web having a radially inner face and a radially outer face;

at least one mounting arm extending from the radially outer face; and

a coating disposed on the radially inner face, the coating including:

an environmental barrier coating layer, and

an abradable layer disposed on the environmental barrier layer, the abradable layer having a porosity of between about 15 percent and about 40 percent,

wherein the abradable layer comprises silicon oxycarbides.

2 . The blade outer air seal of claim 1 , wherein the environmental barrier coating is nonreactive with respect to calcia-magnesia-alumino-silicate (CMAS).

3 . The blade outer air seal of claim 2 , wherein the environmental barrier coating layer includes at least one refractory metal oxide, and wherein the refractory metal oxide is at least one of HfSiO4 and ZrSiO4.

4 . The blade outer air seal of claim 1 , wherein pores of the abradable layer are configured to receive molten calcia-magnesia-alumino-silicate (CMAS).

5 . The blade outer air seal of claim 1 , wherein the abradable layer includes alkaline earth silicates or alkaline earth aluminosilicates.

6 . The blade outer air seal of claim 1 , wherein the abradable layer includes yttria-stabilized zirconia or alumina-stabilized zirconia.

7 . The blade outer air seal of claim 1 , wherein the abradable layer includes silicon, silicon oxides, or silicon carbides.

8 . The blade outer air seal of claim 1 , wherein the abradable layer includes mullite.

9 . The blade outer air seal of claim 1 , wherein the abradable layer includes titania.

10 . The blade outer air seal of claim 1 , wherein the abradable layer includes chromia.

11 . The blade outer air seal of claim 1 , wherein the abradable layer includes barium-magnesium aluminosilicate.

12 . The blade outer air seal of claim 1 , wherein the abradable layer includes hafnium silicon oxides.

13 . The blade outer air seal of claim 1 , wherein the abradable layer includes alumina-stabilized zirconia.

14 . The blade outer air seal of claim 1 , wherein the abradable layer includes yttria.

15 . A gas turbine engine, comprising:

a turbine section arranged along a central engine axis, the turbine section having a turbine with at least one blade rotatable around the central engine axis, the at least one blade having a tip; and

at least one blade outer air seal arranged radially outward from the tip and attached to an engine static structure, the blade outer air seal including:

a center web having a radially inner face and a radially outer face;

at least one mounting arm extending from the radially outer face, and

a coating disposed on the radially inner face, the coating including:

an environmental barrier coating layer, and

an abradable layer disposed on the environmental barrier layer, wherein the abradable layer has pores and calcia-magnesia-alumino-silicate (CMAS) is disposed in at least some of the pores,

wherein the abradable layer comprises silicon oxycarbides.

16 . The gas turbine engine of claim 15 , wherein the environmental barrier coating is nonreactive with respect to calcia-magnesia-alumino-silicate (CMAS), and wherein the environmental barrier coating layer includes at least one refractory metal oxide, and the refractory metal oxide is at least one of HfSiO4 and ZrSiO4.

17 . A method of protecting a blade outer air seal, comprising:

on a radially inner face of a blade outer air seal, applying a coating, the coating including:

an environmental barrier coating layer, and

an abradable layer the abradable layer having a porosity of between about 15 percent and about 40 percent, wherein pores of the abradable layer are configured to receive molten calcia-magnesia-alumino-silicate (CMAS),

wherein the abradable layer comprises silicon oxycarbides.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the environmental barrier coating is nonreactive with respect to calcia-magnesia-alumino-silicate (CMAS).

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the environmental barrier coating layer includes at least one refractory metal oxide.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the refractory metal oxide is at least one of HfSiO4 and ZrSiO4.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2024
From: GOMEZ, JUAN; ZAHED, NIZAR
To: RTX CORPORATION
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