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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10829845 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 06, 2017

Selective thermal coating of cooling holes with air flow

Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Gerhart LaMoyne Hanson, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Eugene Vincent Lajeunesse, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Michael Bryan Pezant, Dover, NJ (US);

Paul Michael Scorza, Jr., Simpsonville, SC (US);

Martin Lewis Smith, Easley, SC (US);

Gary Edward Wiesner, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:

Hoffman Warnick LLC

Primary Examiner:

Yewebdar T Tadesse

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 4/01 (2016.01); B05B 12/12 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); F01D 9/02 (2006.01); F23R 3/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/24 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); C23C 4/11 (2016.01); C23C 4/06 (2016.01); B05B 13/06 (2006.01); B05B 13/04 (2006.01); C23C 4/126 (2016.01); C23C 4/134 (2016.01); C23C 4/04 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F01D 25/12 (2006.01); F02C 7/12 (2006.01); F23R 3/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 4/01 (2016.01); B05B 12/12 (2013.01); B05B 13/0431 (2013.01); B05B 13/06 (2013.01); C23C 4/04 (2013.01); C23C 4/06 (2013.01); C23C 4/11 (2016.01); C23C 4/126 (2016.01); C23C 4/134 (2016.01); F01D 5/18 (2013.01); F01D 5/28 (2013.01); F01D 5/288 (2013.01); F01D 9/02 (2013.01); F01D 9/023 (2013.01); F01D 9/04 (2013.01); F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F01D 25/12 (2013.01); F01D 25/24 (2013.01); F01D 25/243 (2013.01); F02C 7/12 (2013.01); F23R 3/002 (2013.01); F23R 3/04 (2013.01); F01D 5/005 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2230/312 (2013.01); F05D 2230/90 (2013.01); F05D 2240/35 (2013.01); F05D 2260/202 (2013.01); F05D 2260/607 (2013.01); F05D 2300/5023 (2013.01); F05D 2300/611 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system according to various embodiments can include: a coating system configured to apply a thermal coating material to a component, the component having a plurality of cooling holes; an airflow system coupled with the coating system, the airflow system configured to force air through the component; and a control system coupled with the airflow system and the coating system, the control system configured to: detect coating instructions for the coating system, the coating instructions instructing the coating system to apply the thermal coating material to a subset of the plurality of cooling holes; and instruct the airflow system to force air through the subset of the plurality of cooling holes during application of the thermal coating material to the component in response to detecting the coating instructions.

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