ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,681, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Coatings and coated component" was invented by Paul Mathew (Bangalore, India), Ravindra Shankar Ganiger (Bangalore, India), Mohandas Nayak (Bangalore, India), Mandyam Rangayan Sridhar (Bangalore, India), Sathisha Chikkabikkodu Hanum (Bangalore, India), Sharad Pundlik Patil (Bangalore, India) and Harsha K A (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coated component includes a component having a surface, and a solid lubricant wear resistant coating on the surface, wherein the solid lubricant wear resistant coating includes a solid lubricant phase w...