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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul J Monson, Loveland, OH (US);
Seetha R Mannava, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Harry J Heckler, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert E Baeumel, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C / ; C23F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156653 ; 156654 ; 156655 ; 156656 ; 156663 ; 156668 ; 156664 ; 21912169 ; 21912185 ;
Abstract
A method for making a gas turbine engine component includes the steps of: providing an unfinished gas turbine engine component; and selectively patterning a selected surface portion of the engine component by focusing a laser beam on the selected surface portion to improve lubricant distribution between the patterned surface of the engine component and a surface of another engine component in contact with the patterned surface during engine operation.