ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,400, issued on May 13, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Additively depositing multiple braze materials" was invented by Charles Trent Daulton (Burkburnett, Texas) and Kevin M. Tracy (Wichita Falls, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided during which first braze powder is deposited with a substrate. The first braze powder is sintered to the substrate during the depositing of the first braze powder to provide the substrate with sintered first braze material. Second braze powder is deposited with the substrate. The second braze powder is different than the first braze powder. The seco...