Patent 9028969 was granted and assigned to United Technologies on May, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A composite article includes a substrate and a protective coating on at least a portion of the substrate. The protective coating includes reinforcement particles dispersed within an elastomeric matrix that is modified with a silicon-containing modifier selected from polysilsesquioxane, polyhedral oligomeric silicate and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS).