ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,571, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).
"Automated iterative electrode fabrication for pulsed electrochemical machining" was invented by Rusty M. Garner (Indianapolis), Damon Ward (Indianapolis), Monica Sy Munoz (Indianapolis) and Christopher Owen Nash (Indianapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure describes a method for defining an electrode of a pulsed electrochemical machining (pECM) tool that is performed by one or more processors. The method includes receiving workpiece measurement data representative of a machined surface of a machined workpiece. The machined workpiece has been mac...