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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2023
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Raghavendra Rao Adharapurapu, Bangalore, IN;
Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, Jr., Glenville, NY (US);
David Edwin Budinger, Loveland, OH (US);
Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jeffrey Jon Schoonover, Albany, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A nickel-based braze alloy composition is described, including nickel, about 1 weight % to about 5 weight % boron (B); and about 1 weight % to about 20 weight % germanium (Ge). The composition is free of any silicon. Superalloy articles that contains a crack or other type of void or gap filled with the nickel-based braze alloy composition are also described, along with methods for filling such a gap. Related articles of manufacture and brazing processes to join metal components are also disclosed.