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US 11,440,115 B2Granted
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AssigneeCollins Engine Nozzles, Inc.
InventorsBrett A. Pfeffer, Robert W. Vierhout, Dustin Andrew Borror, Troy Finton
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Abstract
A method including depositing a first material on a first member by an additive manufacturing process in a pattern intended to aid in an assembly of the first member and at least a second member and inserting the first member at least partially into the second member, with the first material being guide for insertion.
Claims7
A method comprising the steps of:
- depositing a first material on a first member by an additive manufacturing process in a pattern intended to aid in an assembly of the first member and at least a second member;
- inserting the first member at least partially into the second member, with the first material configured to act a guide for insertion;
- deforming a portion of an outer surface of the first member by the deposition of the first material on the outer surface of the first member;
- and
- removing the first material from the first member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.