ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,375, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to OERLIKON METCO (US) INC. (Westbury, N.Y.).

"Advanced bond coat materials for TBC with improved thermal cyclic fatigue and sulfidation resistance" was invented by Jianhong He (Bethpage, N.Y.), Timothy Sharobem (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Brian Keyes (Smithtown, N.Y.) and Dianying Chen (Westbury, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bond coating material providing unexpectedly high thermal cyclic fatigue resistance and sulfidation resistance, and unexpectedly prolonged thermal cycle life in high temperature environments of gas turbine engine components with and without the presence of sulfur contains: a) 10...