US Patent Issued to RTX on March 3 for "Environmental barrier coating and method of making the same" (Connecticut, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,706, issued on March 3, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Environmental barrier coating and method of making the same" was invented by David A. Litton (West Hartford, Conn.), Brian T. Hazel (Avon, Conn.) and Alan C. Barron (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of applying a top coat to an article according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes applying a first feedstock comprising particles of oxide-based material having diameters between about 1 and about 80 microns via a thermal spray process to form a first top coat layer on an article having a bond coat ...