US Patent Issued to GE Infrastructure Technology on Jan. 20 for "Metal coupon with braze reservoir for component, component with same and related method" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,133, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Metal coupon with braze reservoir for component, component with same and related method" was invented by Jonathan Matthew Lomas (Simpsonville, S.C.) and Jonathan Michael Hatch (Simpsonvile, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal coupon for inserting in a component includes an additively manufactured (AM) metal member including a braze reservoir. The braze reservoir includes: a first cavity in the AM metal member; a second conduit fluidly coupling the first cavity to a surface of the AM metal member; a first conduit fluidly coupling the ...