Patent ID: 9700957
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B23K,B32B

Claim:
1. A method of fabricating reduced weight components for an apparatus, comprising: providing a base layer and at least one mixed layer from a component core including a relatively lightweight material to an outer layer including a relatively heavyweight material heavier in weight than the relatively lightweight material, the base layer and at least one mixed layer having increasingly higher proportions of the relatively heavyweight material than the relatively lightweight material from the component core to the outer layer; diffusion bonding the base layer, the at least one mixed layer and the outer layer to the component core by consolidation of the base layer, the at least one mixed layer and the outer layer; and wherein providing a base layer and at least one mixed layer from a component core including a relatively lightweight material to an outer layer including a relatively heavyweight material heavier in weight than the relatively lightweight material comprises: