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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Phillip Randall Staver, Hagaman, NY (US);
William Taylor Lotshaw, Bethesda, MD (US);
Michael Francis X Gigliotti, Jr., Scotia, NY (US);
Josef Robert Unternahrer, Lafayette, CO (US);
Robert Snee Gilmore, Charlton, NY (US);
Thomas James Batzinger, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/600 ;
Abstract
A method for laser shock peening a surface is disclosed. A laser beam pulse from a laser apparatus is produced. The laser pulse has a cross-section taken perpendicular to the laser beam, a fluence profile across the cross-section. The pulse against an area on said surface. The fluence profile is controlled such that process induced defects are reduced.