ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,829, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Plansee SE (Reutte, Austria).
"High-temperature component" was invented by Bernhard Mayr-Schmoelzer (Reutte, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-temperature component made of a refractory metal or a refractory metal alloy, includes a coating for increasing thermal emissivity. The coating is formed substantially of tungsten and rhenium, i.e. of at least 55 wt. % rhenium and at least 10 wt. % tungsten, and has a Re3W phase of at least 35 wt. %. A process for producing a high-temperature component having a coating for increasing thermal emissivity, is also provided."
The patent was file...