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US 11,077,527 B2Granted
Modified components and methods for modifying components
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsCem Murat Eminoglu, Cody Jermaine Ford, Brad Wilson Vantassel
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Abstract
A component has an edge extending in a first direction. The component includes a filler disposed in the component. The filler has at least a first portion and a second portion. The first portion extends in a second direction from the edge into the component. The second portion of the filler extends from the first portion in a third direction. The second direction is substantially orthogonal to the first direction.
Claims19
A component comprising:
- a body having a first material composition, and including an edge extending in a first direction;
- a crack within the body, and extending inwardly to a first depth from the edge in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction;
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- a filler disposed in the body of the component within the edge at a location distal to the crack, the filler including:
- an arcuate portion having an apex at the edge of the body, and a pair of arc lengths each extending in the second direction from the edge into the component to an opposing end at a second depth greater than the first depth, the arcuate portion being distal to the crack along the edge and
- a pair of transverse portions each extending within the body from a respective one of the pair of arc lengths in a third direction in parallel with the first direction, wherein a portion of the body is between the pair of transverse portions,
- wherein the crack within the body is aligned with, and distal to, the portion of the body between the pair of transverse portions of the filler.
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A component comprising:
- a body having a first material composition, and including an edge extending in a first direction;
- a crack within the body, and extending inwardly to a first depth from the edge in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction;
- a relief cut within the body at a location distal to the crack, wherein the relief cut includes:
- an arcuate portion having an apex at the edge of the body, and a pair of arc lengths each extending in the second direction in opposite directions from the edge into the component to an opposing end at a second depth greater than the first depth, the arcuate portion being distal to the crack along the edge
- a pair of transverse portions each extending within the body from a respective arc length of the arcuate portion in a third direction in parallel with the first direction, wherein a portion of the body is between the pair of transverse portions, and
- a filler disposed in the relief cut,
- wherein the crack within the body is aligned with, and distal to, the portion of the body between the pair of transverse portions of the filler.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.