US 12,188,142 B2
Methods of forming a strengthened component
Dattu G V Jonnalagadda, Ponnur (IN); Sebastian Merin, Bangalore (IN); Balaraju Suresh, Bangalore (IN); Daniel Dyer, Dayton, OH (US); Gordon Tajiri, Allentown, PA (US); and Yanzhe Yang, Mason, OH (US)
Assigned to Unison Industries, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed by Unison Industries, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/333,248.
Application 17/333,248 is a continuation of application No. 15/581,627, filed on Apr. 28, 2017, granted, now 11,021,802.
Prior Publication US 2021/0285117 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. F01D 9/06 (2006.01); C25D 1/02 (2006.01); F02C 9/18 (2006.01)
CPC C25D 1/02 (2013.01) [F01D 9/06 (2013.01); F02C 9/18 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2230/30 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electroformed component comprising:
a strengthening insert having a first inner surface and a first strengthening insert outer surface opposite and spaced from the first inner surface by at least one end; and
an electroformed metallic layer having a second inner surface and a second outer surface opposite and spaced from the second inner surface, the second inner surface abutting the first strengthening insert outer surface, wherein the electroformed metallic layer includes a first portion proximate the at least one end, wherein the first portion has an increased thickness compared to a second portion of the electroformed metallic layer, and wherein the electroformed metallic layer is configured to entirely cover and is fixed to the first strengthening insert outer surface.