US Patent Issued to RTX on July 21 for "Machinable coating with environmental barrier properties" (California, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,928, issued on July 21, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Machinable coating with environmental barrier properties" was invented by David A. Litton (West Hartford, Conn.) and Ahmed Abdillahi Abdi (Oceanside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article includes a barrier layer disposed on a bond coat. The barrier layer includes diffusive particles and gettering particles disposed in a matrix. The article also includes a machinable coating disposed on the barrier layer. A method of applying a coating to an article is also disclosed."

The patent was filed on April 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/131,696.

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