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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Clay Thomas Griffis, Greenville, SC (US);
Steven Charles Woods, Mason, OH (US);
Tiffany Muller Craft, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Evan John Dozier, Greenville, SC (US);
Eric Eicher McConnell, Easley, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a test article for additive manufacture and related methods. A test article formed may include a body having a forward face and a rearward face horizontally opposite the forward face. A first surface extending between the forward face and the rearward face of the body may include a plurality of protrusions for removable coupling of the body to a build plate. A second surface on the body may extend between the forward face and the rearward face of the body, and may include a plurality of angled flat surface portions. Each of the plurality of angled flat surface portions may have a distinct angle with respect to a horizontal plane of the body. An angular difference between each adjacent angled flat surface portion in the plurality of angled flat surface portions is substantially uniform.