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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2004
Applicants:
Gerald Alexander Pauley, Hamilton, OH (US);
Brian Paul Overbeck, Westchester, OH (US);
Inventors:
Gerald Alexander Pauley, Hamilton, OH (US);
Brian Paul Overbeck, Westchester, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for assembling a fan platform for a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes determining an area of vulnerability to impact and erosion damage across the platform, forming a sheet of cladding metal to substantially conform to a contour of the identified area of vulnerability of the platform, and bonding the cladding metal to the identified area of vulnerability.