ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,815, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Nickel-chromium-aluminum composite by electrodeposition" was invented by Lei Chen (South Windsor, Conn.), William J. Brindley (Hebron, Conn.) and Monika D. Kinstler (Manchester, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrodeposited nickel-chromium-aluminum (Ni-Cr-Al) composite including nickel-chromium alloy and aluminum, and alloys or compounds formed by Al, Cr and Ni applied on turbine components comprises from 2 to 50 wt % chromium, from 0.1 to 6 wt % aluminum, and a remaining balance of nickel, wherein the Ni-Cr-Al composite is heat-treated to form an alum...