Patents Assigned to The United States of Amrica as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
  • Patent number: 4187595
    Abstract: A method of fabricating nozzle blades for lasers in which the blade core is formed from an annular-shaped, rigid, chemically resistant material having a pair of opposed circular grooves machined therein. An open-ended exit nozzle is formed in the outer diameter of the core. The coolant channels, injection manifolds and trip manifolds are formed by electrodepositing a chemically resistant material around the core after the core has a plurality of cutouts formed therein. Final nozzle blade configuration takes place after the electrodepositing operation is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1980
    Assignee: The United States of Amrica as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Ralph F. Kuhn, Jr.