ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,661, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Low friction coatings for broad temperature ranges" was invented by Paul Mathew (Bengaluru, India), Sathisha Chikkabikkodu Hanum (Bengaluru, India), Mohandas Nayak (Bengaluru, India), Souvik Math (Bengaluru, India) and Ravindra Shankar Ganiger (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coated component is provided that has a relatively low friction coating across a broad temperature range. The coated component includes a substrate having a surface and a wear coating over the surface of the substrate. The wear coating includes dual lubricant consti...