US 11,858,613 B2
Aerospace vehicles with coatings for heat radiation and associated methods
Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, Clifton Park, NY (US); William Dwight Gerstler, Niskayuna, NY (US); Anant Achyut Setlur, Niskayuna, NY (US); and James William Bray, Niskayuna, NY (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/100,996.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161919 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 1/38 (2006.01); B64C 30/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 1/38 (2013.01) [B64C 30/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerospace vehicle comprising:
a body configured to generate heat during operation;
an engine configured to generate heat during operation;
a coating disposed over at least a portion of the body and the engine, the coating being configured to shift a frequency of at least one wavelength of the heat generated by the body and the engine from a first frequency to a second frequency having higher transmissivity relative to a neighboring medium surrounding the body and the engine as compared to the first frequency, wherein the coating is an applied coating to the body and the engine of the aerospace vehicle, and wherein the neighboring medium is air surrounding the aerospace vehicle during high speed flight,
wherein the coating is applied to the body and the engine using thermal decomposition, coprecipitation, hydrothermal application, sol-gel, combustion, microwave, microemulsion, or a combination thereof.