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Patent No.:

US 11465245 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2019

Tooling assembly for magnetically aligning components in an additive manufacturing machine

Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Joseph Edward Hampshire, West Chester, OH (US);

Jinjie Shi, Mason, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:

Dority & Manning, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Joseph S Del Sole

Assistant Examiner:

Ariella Machness

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 6/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B28B 1/00 (2006.01); B29C 73/24 (2006.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B22F 10/10 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 6/007 (2013.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B28B 1/001 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 73/24 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B22F 10/10 (2021.01); B29L 2031/7504 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tooling assembly for mounting a plurality of components, such as compressor blades, in a powder bed additive manufacturing machine to facilitate a repair process is provided. The tooling assembly includes component fixtures configured for receiving each of the compressor blades, a mounting plate for receiving the component fixtures, and a magnet assembly operably coupling the component fixtures to the mounting plate in a desired position and orientation to facilitate an improved printing process.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hampshire, Joseph. (2022). Tooling assembly for magnetically aligning components in an additive manufacturing machine (U.S. Patent No. 11465245). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11465245

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