US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Feb. 24 for "Methods and compositions for inhibiting alpha case on titanium alloy surfaces" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,434, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Methods and compositions for inhibiting alpha case on titanium alloy surfaces" was invented by Dominic N. Nwoke (Puyallup, Wash.) and Christopher E. Rivers (Bonney Lake, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for inhibiting alpha case on a titanium or titanium alloy article includes applying a ceramic coating to a surface of the article. The method further includes heating the article to a temperature of at least 800deg F. while the ceramic coating is applied to the surface of the article. A method for manufacturing a titanium article that is substantial...