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US 2011/0081229 A1Published application
Method for attaching a connector to deposited material
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsSrikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Glen Alan Aussiker, Canan Uslu Hardwicke, Kurt Kramer Schleif
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Abstract
A method for attaching a connector to deposited material includes the steps of depositing material on a substrate using a thin- or thick-film deposition process and attaching at least one connector to the deposited material using a high energy beam welding process.
Claims19
A method for attaching a connector to deposited material, the method comprising the steps of:
- depositing material on a substrate using a thin-or thick-film deposition process;
- and
- attaching at least one connector to the deposited material using a high energy beam welding process.
A gas turbine airfoil, comprising:
- one or more sensor elements deposited on or within a surface of the airfoil using a direct write technique;
- and
- a pair of corresponding lead-wires attached to each of the corresponding one or more sensor elements using pulsed laser welding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.