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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2019
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Joe Ott, Enfield, CT (US);
Wendell V. Twelves, Jr., Glastonbury, CT (US);
Evan Butcher, Suffield, CT (US);
Lexia Kironn, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 5/06 (2006.01); B22F 3/24 (2006.01); B24B 1/04 (2006.01); B24B 5/40 (2006.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B22F 5/10 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 5/06 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B22F 3/24 (2013.01); B24B 1/04 (2013.01); B24B 5/40 (2013.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B22F 5/10 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1059 (2013.01); B22F 2003/247 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); C04B 2235/6026 (2013.01); C04B 2235/945 (2013.01); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
A tool includes a flexible section; a head that extends form the flexible section; and an exciter within the head. A method of additively manufacturing a component including burrowing a tool into a conglomerated powder within an internal passage of an additively manufactured component, the tool vibrating in a manner to facilitate removal of the conglomerated powder.