US 11,780,020 B2
Exothermic braze precursor material
Voramon Supatarawanich Dheeradhada, Latham, NY (US); Raghavendra Rao Adharapurapu, Bangalore (IN); Juan Borja, Latham, NY (US); and Don Mark Lipkin, Niskayuna, NY (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/72,064.
Application 18/072,064 is a continuation of application No. 17/221,440, filed on Apr. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,541,470.
Prior Publication US 2023/0101214 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B23K 1/00 (2006.01); B23K 35/02 (2006.01); B23K 35/30 (2006.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); B23P 6/04 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 1/0006 (2013.01) [B23K 35/0244 (2013.01); B23K 35/3033 (2013.01); B23P 6/007 (2013.01); B23P 6/045 (2013.01); B23K 2101/001 (2018.08)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A braze precursor material comprising:
a first powder containing aluminum;
a second powder containing a platinum-group metal; and
the braze precursor material containing at least 18 atomic percentage of nickel,
wherein the braze precursor material is capable of propagating and sustaining an exothermic reaction to produce a solidified braze material.