ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,170, issued on July 22, was assigned to Doosan Enerbility Co. Ltd. (Changwon-si, South Korea).
"Flow body for a gas turbine, gas turbine, method for manufacturing a flow body for a gas turbine, and method for repairing a flow body of a gas turbine" was invented by Herbert Brandl (Baden, Switzerland), Joerg Krueckels (Baden, Switzerland), Ulrich Rathmann (Baden, Switzerland) and Willy Hofmann (Baden, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow body for a gas turbine includes an airfoil extending along a radial direction between a platform end and a tip which has a tip surface. The airfoil is formed of a first metal material and ...