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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.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ramesh Subramanian, Orlando, FL (US);
Stephen M. Sabol, Orlando, FL (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation, Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/00 ;
Abstract
A device (,) having a ceramic thermal barrier coating layer (,) characterized by a microstructure having gaps (,) with a sintering inhibiting material (,) disposed on the columns (,) within the gaps (,). The sintering resistant material (,) is stable over the range of operating temperatures of the device (,) and is not soluble with the underlying ceramic layer (,). For a YSZ ceramic layer (,) the sintering resistant layer (,) may preferably be aluminum oxide or yttrium aluminum oxide, deposited as a continuous layer or as nodules.