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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2023
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Garrett Kernozicky, Mansfield, CT (US);
Jesse R. Boyer, Middletown, CT (US);
Ashwin Raghavan, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Peter John Breitzmann, Aldie, VA (US);
Praba Kharan Baptist, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Michael L. Vukovinsky, Chester, CT (US);
Lawrence A Binek, Glastonbury, CT (US);
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for repairing a stator stage is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving a stator stage including a plurality of stator vanes disposed between an outer diameter and an inner diameter, analyzing the stator stage for defects, determining there is a first defect in a first segment of a the stator stage, the first segment including at least one of a first portion of the outer diameter, a first portion of the inner diameter, or a first stator vane, removing the first segment from the stator stage forming a void in the stator stage, manufacturing a second segment that is the same size as the first segment, attaching the second segment to the stator stage to fill the void, performing a blending process on the stator stage including the second segment to smooth the plurality of stator vanes including the second stator vane.