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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2015
Applicant:

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Kennett, Montrose, CA (US);

Douglas C. Hofmann, Altadena, CA (US);

John Paul C. Borgonia, Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/032 (2012.01); B22D 29/00 (2006.01); B22D 21/00 (2006.01); B22C 9/10 (2006.01); B22D 25/06 (2006.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01); B22D 15/00 (2006.01); B23H 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/032 (2013.01); B22C 9/101 (2013.01); B22D 15/00 (2013.01); B22D 21/005 (2013.01); B22D 25/06 (2013.01); B22D 29/001 (2013.01); B23H 7/02 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02078 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention efficaciously implement robust gearbox housings. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating a gearbox housing includes: providing an alloy composition from which the gearbox housing will be fabricated from; casting the alloy composition around a solid body so as to form a part characterized by the inclusion of a cavity, where the cast part includes a metallic glass-based material; and nondestructively separating the cast part from the solid body.


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