US Patent Issued to General Electric on Oct. 21 for "Bond coat including metal oxides and oxygen getters" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,336, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Bond coat including metal oxides and oxygen getters" was invented by Anant Achyut Setlur (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Julin Wan (Rexford, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coated components and their methods of formation are provided. The coated component includes: a ceramic matrix composite substrate comprising silicon carbide and having a surface; a bond coat on the surface of the substrate; and an environmental barrier coating on the bond coat. The bond coat includes a plurality of discrete particles dispersed within a matrix phase that includes mullite. Th...