Methods for Joining Composite Components to Form a Unitary Composite Component
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJoseph John Shiang, Jared Hogg Weaver, Jerome Geoffrey Magnant, Daniel Gene Dunn
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Abstract
Methods for joining a first ceramic component to a second ceramic component to form a unitary ceramic component are provided. The method includes positioning a bonding sheet between a first ceramic component and a second ceramic component. The bonding sheet defines a plurality of voids. The method also includes densifying the bonding sheet with an infiltrate composition at a densification temperature to form a bonding interface comprising a ceramic material that forms a bonding interface between the first ceramic component to the second ceramic component into a unitary ceramic component.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- positioning a bonding sheet between a first ceramic component and a second ceramic component, wherein the bonding sheet defines a plurality of voids;
- and
- densifying the bonding sheet with an infiltrate composition at a densification temperature to form a bonding interface comprising a ceramic material that forms a bonding interface between the first ceramic component and the second ceramic component into a unitary ceramic component.
A unitary ceramic component comprising:
- a first densified ceramic component;
- a second densified ceramic component;
- and
- a ceramic material bonding the first densified ceramic component to the second densified ceramic component, wherein the ceramic material comprises a densified bonding sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.