ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,316, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Bonding method for repair of superalloy article" was invented by Brian T. Hazel (Avon, Conn.), John R. Farris (Lebanon, Conn.), Matthew A. Devore (Rocky Hill, Conn.), John A. Sharon (West Hartford, Conn.), James F. Wiedenhoefer (Windsor, Conn.), Paul M. Lutjen (Kennebunkport, Maine) and Mario P. Bochiechio (Vernon, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of repair of a part is provided and includes removing a section that is damaged from the part, casting a replacement section for the part, the replacement section having a geometry similar to that of the se...