Patent ID: 7645479
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: C23C

Abstract:
1. A thermal management process for enabling the restoration of a surface of a metallic detail in the presence of at least one bonding material, comprising: preparing at least one damaged area on a metallic detail bonded to a composite substrate by a bonding material; disposing at least one thermal management component upon said bonding material or a surface area of the substrate proximate to said bonding material to which said metallic detail is bonded, the thermal management component comprising at least a portion contacting the substrate, the contacting being opposite the metallic detail so that said substrate and said bonding material are between at least said portion of the thermal management component and the metallic detail; masking at least said surface area and said bonding material with a masking agent; and dimensionally restoring a surface of said metallic detail at a processing temperature lower than a temperature of degradation of said bonding material, said substrate, and a bondment interface therebetween.