US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce on June 16 for "Coating system and method for maintenance thereof" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,066, issued on June 16, was assigned to Rolls-Royce plc (London).

"Coating system and method for maintenance thereof" was invented by Thomas M. Mulcahy (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating system includes a bond layer including CoNiCrAlY; a thermal barrier layer at least partially disposed on the bond layer and including yttria stabilised zirconia; a mesh layer connecting the thermal barrier layer to the bond layer and including CoNiCrAlY; and an abradable layer disposed on the thermal barrier layer and including magnesium spinel. The mesh layer includes a plurality of cells connected to each other and is at...