Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Composite component void repair
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Application No.: US15993845Application Date: 2018-05-31
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Publication No.: US11292217B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Herbert Chidsey Roberts , Timothy P. Coons , John Taylor Rockwell
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: B29C73/04
- IPC: B29C73/04 ; B29C73/26 ; B32B27/12 ; B32B27/30 ; B32B43/00 ; C04B35/653 ; C04B37/00 ; B23P6/00

Abstract:
Methods for repairing composite component voids are provided. For example, one method comprises locating a void in a composite component and subjecting the composite component to a process for repair. The process for repair includes creating a flow path through the void, applying a filler material to the composite component at the flow path, and processing the composite component having the filler material. In some embodiments, the flow path has a first opening on a first side of the composite component and a second opening on a second, opposite side of the composite component. In other embodiments, at least one portion of the flow path extends at a first angle with respect to a lateral direction defined by the CMC component, and at least another portion extends at a second angle with respect to the lateral direction.
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