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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Herbert Chidsey Roberts, Middletown, OH (US);
Richard William Albrecht, Jr., Fairfield, OH (US);
Michael John McCarren, South Lebanon, OH (US);
Peter Andrew Flynn, Delmar, NY (US);
Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, Jr., Glenville, NY (US);
Eric Alan Estill, Morrow, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A bladed disk for a gas turbine engine is provided. The bladed disk includes a rotor disk, a plurality of rotor blades, and an interlocking transition zone. The rotor disk includes a plurality of fused layers of a first material formed via additive manufacturing and defines an outer rim. The plurality of rotor blades includes a plurality of fused layers of a second material formed via additive manufacturing. The interlocking transition zone includes a plurality of projections alternately extending from the outer rim of the rotor disk and the plurality of rotor blades, respectively, to undetachably couple the rotor disk and the plurality of rotor blades.