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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 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 rotor blade formed via additive manufacturing is provided. The rotor blade includes an airfoil and a coupled component. The airfoil includes a plurality of fused layers of a first material formed via additive manufacturing and defines a leading edge and a tip at a distal end. The coupled component includes a plurality of fused layers of a second material formed via additive manufacturing. An interlocking transition zone includes a plurality of projections alternately extending from the airfoil and the coupled component, respectively, to undetachably couple the airfoil and the coupled component.