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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
May. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric Stoker, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Stan Pollitt, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Terry Morris, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Bob Chen, Torracne, CA (US);
Ramish Doshi, La Palme, CA (US);
Assignee:
AlliedSignal Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4162 / ; 4162 / ; 4162 / ; 416500 ; 415119 ; 415200 ;
Abstract
A vibration damped turbo-machine blade includes a shot peened metallic substrate which provides a shape for the blade. Carried on the metallic substrate and bonded to an outer surface of this substrate is a singular ceramic coating of a damping material. The substrate may be made of forged titanium, and the coating may be made of a ceramic material including cobalt at a weight percentage of from about 13% to about 21%, with the balance of the ceramic material being substantially all tungsten carbide.