Components with bonded edges
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsNicholas Joseph KRAY, Joshua Leigh MILLER, Tod Winton DAVIS, Peter Christopher SCHUMACHER, John Robert KELLEY
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Abstract
A metallic sheath for a mounting on a component is disclosed. The metallic sheath comprises a nose portion extending in a chordwise direction, a first side-wall extending in the chordwise direction from the nose portion and a second side-wall extending in the chordwise direction from the nose portion wherein the second side-wall is bonded to the nose portion such that the nose portion, the first side-wall and the second side-wall form a cavity capable of receiving a portion of the component.
Claims20
A metallic sheath for a mounting on a component, the metallic sheath comprising:
- a nose portion extending in a chordwise direction;
- a first side-wall extending in the chordwise direction from the nose portion;
- and
- a second side-wall extending in the chordwise direction from the nose portion wherein the second side-wall is bonded to the nose portion such that the nose portion, the first side-wall and the second side-wall form a cavity capable of receiving a portion of the component.
A composite article comprising:
- composite structure having at least one edge;
- and
- a metallic sheath bonded to a portion of the composite structure, wherein the metallic sheath has a first side-wall and a second side-wall, the first and second side-walls extending in a chordwise direction from a nose portion, wherein the second side-wall is bonded to the nose portion such that the nose portion, the first side-wall and the second side-wall form a cavity that receives a portion of the composite structure.
A method of manufacturing an article comprising the steps of:
- pre-machining and hot-forming a first part of a metallic sheath;
- pre-machining and hot-forming a second part of the metallic sheath:
- preparing a first bond surface on the first part;
- preparing a second bond surface on the second part:
- diffusion bonding the first part and second part of the metallic sheath at the first and second bond surfaces;
- and
- machining a nose portion of the metallic sheath.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.