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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Ming Xie, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Donald George Lachapelle, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stephen Craig Mitchell, West Chester, OH (US);
Inventors:
Ming Xie, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Donald George LaChapelle, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stephen Craig Mitchell, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Articles having a body including a composite material having at least one toughened region and at least one untoughened region, the toughened region containing a toughening agent selected from the group consisting of polymers, nano fibers, nano particles, and combinations thereof where the toughened region includes a toughened resin having a fracture toughness of at least about 1.0 MPa-m.