US Patent Issued to Chromalloy Gas Turbine on Jan. 27 for "Systems and methods for repairing compressor blades using hybrid manufacturing techniques" (California, Vermont, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,728, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Systems and methods for repairing compressor blades using hybrid manufacturing techniques" was invented by James Whitton (East Burke, Vt.), Zachary Oras (Riverview, Fla.) and Zachary Hopkins (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for repairing compressor blades using hybrid manufacturing. A mounting tool for use in repairing a turbine component includes a slot formed in the mounting tool. The slot is configured to receive the turbine component for securing the turbine component to the mounting tool. The ...