公开(公告)号：US10895545B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-19

申请号：US15027827

申请日：2014-09-26

Applicant: United Technologies Corporation

Inventor： Michael J. Birnkrant ,  Wayde R. Schmidt

IPC: G01N27/04 ,  F01D25/00 ,  G01N21/84 ,  G01N33/38 ,  F01D5/28 ,  G01N21/66

Abstract: A method of detecting conversion quality includes the steps of providing an article having a green material and a semiconductor material, processing the green material and the semiconductor material to produce a matrix composite, and detecting a matrix composite conversion quality with the semiconductor material.

公开(公告)号：US20200299200A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-24

申请号：US16361040

申请日：2019-03-21

Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Paul Sheedy ,  John A. Sharon ,  Wayde R. Schmidt ,  Neal Magdefrau

IPC: C04B35/645

Abstract: A turbine engine component may comprise a Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) structure including a plurality of nominally dense plies, wherein each of the plurality of the nominally dense plies are bonded by at least one of a Field Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST), a Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS), or a localized heating at a bonding interface. The turbine engine component may include an airfoil extending between a first platform and a second platform, wherein the airfoil, the first platform, and the second platform define the CMC structure.

公开(公告)号：US10730204B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-04

申请号：US16387115

申请日：2019-04-17

Applicant: United Technologies Corporation

Inventor： Wayde R. Schmidt

IPC: C04B35/571 ,  B28B1/00 ,  C04B35/628 ,  B29C64/135 ,  C08K9/04 ,  B29C35/04 ,  B29C35/08 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y70/00

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods and resins for additive manufacturing. In one embodiment, a method for additive manufacturing of a ceramic structure includes providing a resin including a preceramic polymer and inorganic ceramic filler particles dispersed in the preceramic polymer. The preceramic polymer is configured to convert to a ceramic phase. The method includes functionalizing inorganic ceramic filler particles with a reactive group and applying an energy source to the resin to create at least one layer of the ceramic phase from the resin.

公开(公告)号：US10717680B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-21

申请号：US15939352

申请日：2018-03-29

Applicant: United Technologies Corporation

Inventor： Shahram Amini ,  Xia Tang ,  Wayde R. Schmidt ,  Tania Bhatia Kashyap

IPC: C04B35/64 ,  C04B35/80 ,  C04B35/571 ,  C04B41/52

Abstract: A method of fabricating a ceramic article includes providing a porous body that includes a plurality of fiber bundles that has an intra-bundle porosity and an inter-bundle porosity, infiltrating the intra-bundle porosity and the inter-bundle porosity with a mixture of particles in a liquid carrier, the particles having an average size selected with respect to at least the intra-bundle porosity, removing the liquid carrier from the porous body to deposit the particles in the intra-bundle porosity and in the inter-bundle porosity, infiltrating a preceramic polymer into a remaining intra-bundle porosity and a remaining inter-bundle porosity, and thermally converting the preceramic polymer to a ceramic material.

公开(公告)号：US20200216362A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-09

申请号：US16239625

申请日：2019-01-04

Applicant: United Technologies Corporation

Inventor： Paul Sheedy ,  Neal Magdefrau ,  Wayde R. Schmidt

IPC: C04B35/622 ,  C23C16/455

Abstract: A method of producing a ceramic matrix composite material component is provided. The method includes that steps of: a) producing a preform having one or more ceramic constituents, the preform being porous with internal voids; and b) applying at least one layer of a first material to the preform using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process to decrease a porosity of the preform.

公开(公告)号：US20190170409A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-06

申请号：US16313762

申请日：2016-06-27

Applicant: United Technologies Corporation

Inventor： Scott Alan Eastman ,  Joseph V. Mantese ,  Wei Xie ,  Subramanyaravi Annapragada ,  Parmesh Verma ,  Sergei F. Burlatsky ,  Wayde R. Schmidt ,  Treese Hugener-Campbell

IPC: F25B21/00 ,  H01L37/02

Abstract: A heat transfer system is disclosed in which, an electrocaloric material includes a copolymer of a monomer mixture including (i) vinylidene fluoride, (ii) an addition polymerization monomer selected from tetrafluoroethylene, trifluoroethylene, or a monomer smaller than trifluoroethylene, and (iii) a halogenated addition polymerization monomer different than (ii) that is larger than vinylidene fluoride. The electrocaloric material also includes an additive selected from a nucleating agent having a polar surface charge, electrocalorically active solid particles, or a combination thereof. Electrodes are disposed on opposite surfaces of the electrocaloric material, and an electric power source is configured to provide voltage to the electrodes. The system also includes a first thermal flow path between the electrocaloric material and a heat sink, and a second thermal flow path between the electrocaloric material and a heat source.

公开(公告)号：US20180317322A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-01

申请号：US16027466

申请日：2018-07-05

Applicant: United Technologies Corporation

Inventor： Wayde R. Schmidt ,  Sameh Dardona ,  Slade R. Culp ,  Marcin Piech

IPC: H05K1/16 ,  H05K3/20

Abstract: An apparatus system and method for an electronic component made with additive manufacturing processes and a foil substrate is provided. The electronic component may include one or more foil substrates and one or more elements. The elements may be produced by an additive manufacturing process. Moreover, the elements may be produced in the same plane or out of plain with one or more foil substrates. The elements may also be various structures, including, for example, connectors, electrical components (e.g., a resistor, a capacitor, a switch, and/or the like), and/or any other suitable electrical elements and/or structures.

公开(公告)号：US09908818B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-06

申请号：US15027705

申请日：2014-09-24

Applicant: United Technologies Corporation

Inventor： Andi M. Limarga ,  Paul Sheedy ,  Wayde R. Schmidt ,  Douglas M. Berczik ,  Tania Bhatia Kashyap ,  Mark A. Hermann

IPC: C04B35/571 ,  C04B35/58 ,  C04B35/80

CPC classification number: C04B35/571 ,  C04B35/58 ,  C04B35/806 ,  C04B2235/3821 ,  C04B2235/383 ,  C04B2235/3852 ,  C04B2235/386 ,  C04B2235/3865 ,  C04B2235/3873 ,  C04B2235/422 ,  C04B2235/425 ,  C04B2235/427 ,  C04B2235/5244 ,  C04B2235/5288 ,  C04B2235/5454 ,  C04B2235/616

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for providing a crystalline ceramic material. In an example, the method includes providing a silicon-containing preceramic polymer material that can be thermally converted to one or more crystalline polymorphs. The silicon-containing preceramic polymer material includes dispersed therein an effective amount of dopant particles. The silicon-containing preceramic polymer material is then thermally converted to the silicon-containing ceramic material. The effective amount of dopant particles enhance the formation of at least one of the one or more crystalline polymorphs, relative to the silicon-containing preceramic polymer without the dopant particles, with respect to at least one of formation of a selected polymorph of the one or more crystalline polymorphs formed, an amount formed of a selected polymorph of the one or more crystalline polymorphs formed, and a temperature of formation of the one or more crystalline polymorphs.

公开(公告)号：US20170252840A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-07

申请号：US15601392

申请日：2017-05-22

Applicant: United Technologies Corporation

Inventor： Tahany I. El-Wardany ,  Wayde R. Schmidt

IPC: B23D43/02 ,  B23P15/42

CPC classification number: B23D43/02 ,  B23D2043/025 ,  B23F21/24 ,  B23F21/26 ,  B23P15/42 ,  Y10T407/16

Abstract: A broach tool includes a broach tool rake face with a tailored surface topography.

公开(公告)号：US20170217844A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-03

申请号：US15490306

申请日：2017-04-18

Applicant: United Technologies Corporation

Inventor： Paul Sheedy ,  Wayde R. Schmidt

IPC: C04B38/00 ,  C04B35/573 ,  C04B35/80 ,  F02K3/06 ,  C04B35/65 ,  F01D5/28 ,  F01D25/00 ,  C04B38/06 ,  C04B35/657

CPC classification number: C04B38/0087 ,  C04B35/565 ,  C04B35/573 ,  C04B35/65 ,  C04B35/653 ,  C04B35/657 ,  C04B35/806 ,  C04B38/061 ,  C04B2235/3826 ,  C04B2235/3891 ,  C04B2235/40 ,  C04B2235/404 ,  C04B2235/405 ,  C04B2235/408 ,  C04B2235/421 ,  C04B2235/425 ,  C04B2235/428 ,  C04B2235/5216 ,  C04B2235/524 ,  C04B2235/5276 ,  C04B2235/6028 ,  C04B2235/614 ,  C04B2235/616 ,  C04B2235/80 ,  F01D5/182 ,  F01D5/183 ,  F01D5/282 ,  F01D5/284 ,  F01D25/005 ,  F02K3/06 ,  F05D2220/32 ,  F05D2230/40 ,  F05D2300/514 ,  F05D2300/6033 ,  Y02T50/672 ,  Y02T50/676 ,  C04B38/0022 ,  C04B38/0032

Abstract: A method of creating a component comprises forming a substrate and depositing a template material within the substrate, such that there are a plurality of template member. The component is heated to a temperature above a melting point of the template material, such that the template material wicks into a porosity of the substrate and forms a component with voids. An average hydraulic diameter of the voids is less than 1 millimeter.