Back to results
US 8,444,377 B2Granted
Method for attaching a connector to deposited material
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsSrikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Glen Alan Aussiker, Canan Uslu Hardwicke, Kurt Kramer Schleif
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
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.
Claims13
A method for attaching a connector to deposited material, the method comprising the steps of:
- depositing material on a superalloy 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 comprising pulsed laser welding with a laser power of about 200 Watts, wherein the laser emits a pulse duration ranging from about 2 milliseconds to about 9 milliseconds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.