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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Herbert Chidsey Roberts, Middletown, OH (US);
Richard William Albrecht, Jr., Fairfield, OH (US);
Michael John McCarren, South Lebanon, OH (US);
Peter Andrew Flynn, Delmar, NY (US);
Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, Jr., Glenville, NY (US);
Eric Alan Estill, Morrow, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of joining two components using additive manufacturing is provided. The method includes forming a first component made of a first material; forming an interlocking transition zone from the first material and a second material; and forming a second component made of the second material. The interlocking transition zone includes a plurality of projections alternately extending from the first component and the second component, respectively, to undetachably couple the first component and the second component.