Patents Assigned to The University of Tennessee Research Corportion
  • Method for joining dissimilar metals or alloys
    Patent number: 6173886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method for joining metals or alloys together. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method comprising the laser alloying of a first metal/alloy piece so that it can be joined with a second metal/alloy piece of a nonidentical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research Corportion
    Inventors: Mary Helen McCay, T. Dwayne McCay, Narendra B. Dahotre, John A. Hopkins, Frederick A. Schwartz, John Brice Bible