ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,675, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Braze tape with central region with low and high melting temperature alloy material, and related method" was invented by Brian Leslie Henderson (Simpsonville, S.C.), Shan Liu (Central, S.C.) and Daniel James Dorriety (Travelers Rest, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braze tape includes a first portion, a second portion, and a central portion located between and adjacent to the first portion and the second portion. The first portion includes a low melting temperature alloy material, the second portion includes a high melting temperature ...