Patents by Inventor John F. Falkowski

John F. Falkowski has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Low temperature diffusion braze repair of single crystal components
    Patent number: 8353444
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for repairing cracks in a turbine engine component. The process comprises the steps of providing a component, preferably formed from a single crystal nickel based material, with at least one crack, applying a repair alloy composition containing a single crystal nickel based alloy, a first nickel based braze alloy and a second nickel based braze alloy to the crack(s), and subjecting the component with the applied repair alloy composition to a thermal cycle to diffuse the repair alloy composition into the crack(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Pietruska, Beth Kwiatkowski Abriles, John F. Falkowski