US Patent Issued to General Electric on July 8 for "Methods and systems of electrochemical machining" (New York, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,750, issued on July 8, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Schenectady, N.Y.).

"Methods and systems of electrochemical machining" was invented by Andrew Lee Trimmer (Niskayuna, N.Y.), John Malott Cottrill (Franklin, Ohio), Douglas Carl Hofer (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and Bugra Han Ertas (Niskayuna, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems of electrochemically machining a component are provided. The method may include applying two or more potentials to a tool electrode comprising an array of two or more individual electrodes to generate two or more electric fields in between the tool electrode and a workpiece opposite of th...