The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
Dec. 13, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2021
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ethan Conrad Schaeffer, Greenville, SC (US);

James Scott Flanagan, Simpsonville, SC (US);

James J. Murray, III, Mauldin, SC (US);

Archie L Swanner, Jr., Easley, SC (US);

Logan Tyler Nelson, Greenville, SC (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/00 (2006.01); B23K 1/008 (2006.01); B23K 35/40 (2006.01); B23K 1/20 (2006.01); G01N 21/954 (2006.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/0018 (2013.01); B23K 1/008 (2013.01); B23K 1/20 (2013.01); B23K 35/40 (2013.01); B23P 6/002 (2013.01); G01N 21/954 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract

A process of repairing a component includes identifying a void in a component; determining at least one approximate physical configuration of the void; inserting borescope into the component in order to view the void; providing a repair rod approximately equivalent to at least one of the least one approximate physical configuration of the void; inserting the repair rod into component; confirming insertion of the repair rod in the void; separating the repair rod to leave a repair plug in the void; and depositing braze paste over the repair plug in the void.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…