Patent 7854966 was granted and assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand on December, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A coating process for fatigue critical components is provided. The coating process comprises the steps of providing a substrate having a first modulus of elasticity, depositing a layer of a material having a second modulus of elasticity less than the first modulus of elasticity onto the substrate, and depositing a coating over the material layer.