Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Protective mask by two material additive manufacturing, and related method
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Application No.: US16837084Application Date: 2020-04-01
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Publication No.: US11767570B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Glenn Curtis Taxacher , Claire Fridtjof Lang
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Hoffman Warnick LLC
- Agent James Pemrick; Charlotte Wilson
- Main IPC: C21D7/06
- IPC: C21D7/06 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y80/00 ; B29C64/118 ; B05B12/26 ; B05C21/00 ; B22F10/00

Abstract:
A protective mask for a part, the part including a plurality of openings in a surface thereof, is provided. The protective mask includes a mounting member at least partially within each of at least two of the plurality of openings. Each mounting member includes a water soluble material. A masking member couples the at least two mounting members. The masking member includes a non-water soluble material. Each mounting member includes a first plurality of integral layers of the water soluble material, and the masking member includes a second plurality of integral layers of the non-water soluble material. The protective mask can be made by a two material additive manufacturing system. A related method is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210310090A1 PROTECTIVE MASK BY TWO MATERIAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, AND RELATED METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-10-07
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