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Patent No.:

US 8853594 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2012
Applicants:

Dechao Lin, Greer, SC (US);

Jamison William Janawitz, Overland Park, KS (US);

David Vincent Bucci, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Matthew James O'connell, Taylor, SC (US);

Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Ronald Lee Souther, Campobello, SC (US);

Inventors:

Dechao Lin, Greer, SC (US);

Jamison William Janawitz, Overland Park, KS (US);

David Vincent Bucci, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Matthew James O'Connell, Taylor, SC (US);

Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Ronald Lee Souther, Campobello, SC (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/02 (2006.01); B23K 9/235 (2006.01); B23K 26/14 (2014.01); B23K 28/02 (2014.01); B23K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/00 (2013.01); B23K 9/02 (2013.01); B23K 26/1429 (2013.01); B23K 26/14 (2013.01); B23K 28/02 (2013.01); B23K 26/1423 (2013.01); B23K 9/235 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for welding a component to fill a groove therein. The method entails simultaneously projecting an electric arc and at least first and second laser beams into the groove. The electric arc melts and deposits a filler material in the groove while the first and second laser beams are projected onto opposite first and second walls, respectively, of the groove. The axis of each of the first and second laser beams is oriented at an acute angle relative to the respective wall thereof.


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Lin, Dechao. (2014). Welding method and apparatus therefor (U.S. Patent No. 8853594). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8853594

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