ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,677, issued on March 17, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Abrasion-resistant coatings for high-temperature substrates" was invented by Mehrad Mehr (Morristown, N.J.) and Bahram Jadidian (Watchung, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes forming an abrasion-resistant coating on a substrate including graphite, and grinding the coating to a predetermined flatness index and a predetermined roughness index. An assembly includes the substrate including graphite, and the abrasion-resistant coating formed on the substrate. The assembly may be configured to operate at elevated temperatures."
The...