Ceramic composite components and methods of fabricating the same
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsHerbert Chidsey Roberts, Paul Stephen DiMascio
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Abstract
A method for fabricating a ceramic composite includes forming a first ceramic composite layer (CCL), positioning a form against the first CCL, positioning a second CCL against the form such that the form is at least partially circumscribed by the first CCL and the second CCL. The method also includes coupling the first CCL to the second CCL, such that at least a first passage extends in a first direction across at least a portion of the ceramic composite component and is defined at least partially by the first CCL and the second CCL in a location vacated by the first form.
Claims19
A method for fabricating a ceramic composite component, said method comprising:
- forming a first ceramic composite layer (CCL);
- positioning at least a first form against the first CCL;
- positioning a second CCL against the first form, such that the first form is at least partially circumscribed by the first and second CCLs;
- and
- coupling the first CCL to the second CCL, such that at least a first passage extending in a first direction across at least a portion of the ceramic composite component is defined at least partially by the first CCL and the second CCL in a location vacated by the first form.
A method for fabricating a ceramic composite component, said method comprising:
- forming a first ceramic composite layer (CCL);
- positioning at least a first form against the first CCL;
- positioning at least a second CCL against a first side of the first form and only partially across the component, such that the first form is at least partially circumscribed by the first CCL and the at least a second CCL;
- and
- coupling the first and second CCLs together, such that at least a first passage extending in a first direction across at least a portion of the ceramic composite component is defined in a location vacated by the first form.
A ceramic composite component comprising:
- a body extending from an upper surface to a lower surface, said body comprising at least two ceramic composite layers (CCLs);
- a first CCL;
- a second CCL, wherein the second CCL is bonded to the first CCL;
- a first passage extending in a first direction across at least a portion of the ceramic composite component;
- a second passage extending perpendicular from the first passage, such that the second passage does not extend to an outer edge of said body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.