Patent 9212560 was granted and assigned to United Technologies on December, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method of forming a component for use in a gas turbine engine includes the steps of forming an airfoil/root assembly; creating a platform assembly structure having an opening; inserting the airfoil/root assembly into the opening; and bonding the platform assembly structure to the airfoil/root assembly to form the component.