ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,710, issued on June 23, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Manufacturing component using high and low melt braze" was invented by Donald B. Bell (Wichita Falls, Texas), Charles Trent Daulton (Burkburnett, Texas) and Kevin M. Tracy (Wichita Falls, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided during which a first braze material is disposed on a substrate. The first braze material has a first melting point. A second braze material is disposed on the first braze material. The second braze material has a second melting point that is less than the first melting point. The first braze material an...