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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002

Filed:

Aug. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Lawrence Evans Brown, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Timothy Paul Fuesting, Thorntown, IN (US);

Joseph Jefferson Beaman, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

Suman Das, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 1/00 ;
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method an apparatus for fabricating a component by a direct laser process. One form of the present invention contemplates a gas turbine engine blade having an abrasive tip formed directly thereon.


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