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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Zhaoli Hu, Greer, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22C 7/02 (2006.01); B22C 9/04 (2006.01); B22D 47/02 (2006.01); B22C 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 47/02 (2013.01); B22C 7/02 (2013.01); B22C 9/04 (2013.01); B22C 13/085 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments include methods and related systems for laser-assisted casting. Some embodiments include a method including: performing laser ablation to a preliminary wax casting model to form a modified wax model including at least one surface texture element absent from the wax casting substrate; coating the modified wax model to form a mold shape around the modified wax model; and removing the modified wax model to leave a casting mold including the at least one surface texture element.