Metallic Fusion Material Patents (Class 403/271)
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Patent number: 11214306Abstract: A vehicle support structure formed by casting, the vehicle support structure includes a main body part attached to a vehicle side, a plurality of support portions extending from the main body part to support vehicle components, and a plurality of rib portions configured to connect the support portions and the main body part, respectively. A lightening portion is formed by casting at least in one of the rib portions. An external component mounting portion is formed in the lightening portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Maruyama, Susumu Yodono
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Patent number: 11021406Abstract: The invention relates to a copper-ceramic composite comprising: a ceramic substrate; and a copper or copper alloy coating on the ceramic substrate, the copper or copper alloy having grain sizes of 10 ?m to 300 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: HERAEUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Kai Herbst, Christian Muschelknautz
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Patent number: 10946470Abstract: Provided is a resistance spot welding method that inhibits, in accordance with the degree of axis misalignment between electrodes, the occurrence of cracking in a weld regardless of the steel grade. In resistance spot welding methods according to the present invention, H (ms) is an electrode force retaining time after completion of current passage, D (mm) is an amount of axis misalignment between the electrodes, t (mm) is a total sum of sheet thicknesses of a plurality of overlapping steel sheets, T (MPa) is a tensile strength of a steel sheet having a highest tensile strength among the plurality of steel sheets, F (N) is an electrode force, and d (mm) is a tip diameter of one electrode of the pair of electrodes that has a smaller tip diameter. The electrode force retaining time H is specified to be a predetermined value or greater.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Chikaumi Sawanishi, Koichi Taniguchi, Katsutoshi Takashima, Hiroshi Matsuda, Rinsei Ikeda
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Patent number: 10941080Abstract: The invention relates to a copper-ceramic composite comprising: a ceramic substrate; and a copper or copper alloy coating on the ceramic substrate, the copper or copper alloy having grain sizes of 10 ?m to 300 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: HERAEUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Kai Herbst, Christian Muschelknautz
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Patent number: 10920831Abstract: A propshaft assembly that includes a propshaft tube and a weld yoke. The propshaft tube has a wall member. The weld yoke has a yoke body with an annular outer surface and an annular inner surface. The propshaft tube is welded to the yoke body such that a portion of the propshaft tube is disposed radially between the annular outer and inner surfaces and embedded into an axial end of the yoke body.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Leko, Lance M. Kujawski
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Patent number: 9999916Abstract: A method for working a functional part, which extends in a longitudinal direction and has a lateral surface that surrounds a longitudinal central axis of the functional part running in the longitudinal direction and has an end face bounding the functional part at a free end in the axial direction, may involve pressing a punch that can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the functional part against the end face of the functional part, while the functional part is initially located in a cavity of a tool, at least over a partial portion of its longitudinal extent that adjoins its free end, which cavity is bounded in the radial direction with respect to the longitudinal central axis by a wall surface surrounding the lateral surface and lying at least partially against the lateral surface, and pulling off the tool from the functional part over the free end of the functional part over a pulling-off travel, while the punch remains pressed against the end face of the functional part, at least over a partial traType: GrantFiled: April 3, 2012Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Thomas Keppler-Ott, Helmut Kirmsze
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Patent number: 9827633Abstract: A method for the preparation of steel sheets for fabricating a welded steel blank is provided. The method includes procuring at least two pre-coated steel sheets, each having a pre-coating of an intermetallic alloy layer, topped by a layer of aluminum metal or aluminum alloy or aluminum-based alloy. The sheets have a principal face, an opposite principal face, and at least one secondary face. The sheets are positioned so a gap between 0.02 and 2 mm exists between the secondary faces. The secondary faces face each other. The positioning of the first and second sheets defines a median plane perpendicular to the principal faces. Layers of metal alloy are removed by melting and vaporization simultaneously on the principal faces, in a peripheral zone of the sheets, the peripheral zones being the zones of the principal faces closest in relation to the median plane.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: ArcelorMittalInventors: Francis Schmit, Rene Vierstraete, Qingdong Yin, Wolfram Ehling
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Patent number: 9616520Abstract: A friction stir welding member is formed by welding a second member to a first member in such a manner that a second member is stacked on a first member, a material property of the second member being different from a material property of the first member, a pin of a welding tool using a Friction Stir Welding technique is inserted into the second member, welding is started at one end of the second member, and the pin is pulled out at a welding terminal portion before the pin reaches the other end of the second member. A projection projecting toward the welding tool is provided integrally with the second member, the projection is formed so as to have a height that is higher than a length of the pin, and the projection is provided with the welding terminal portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2012Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuru Sayama, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Tetsuya Miyahara, Shosuke Ohhama
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Patent number: 9168904Abstract: An input rod for connecting a vacuum brake booster to a pedal linkage member, wherein the input rod includes a connecting portion adapted to be connected to the pedal linkage member. The input rod further including a hollow body portion formed from a stamped flat blank.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2011Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Kelsey-Hayes CompanyInventor: Patrick T. MacLellan
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Publication number: 20150147111Abstract: The invention provides a hot stamped structural component (20) for an automotive vehicle, such as a B-pillar, including a first part (22) formed of a high strength steel material joined to a second part (24) formed of a high ductility steel material. The structural component (20) also includes a locally tempered transition zone (26) along the joint (28) to reduce the potential for failure along the joint (28). The transition zone (26) has strength and ductility levels between the strength and ductility levels of the remaining portions of the first and second parts (22, 24). The tempering step can be incorporated into a laser trimming cell or assembly cell, and thus the transition zone (26) can be created without adding an additional process step or increasing cycle time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventor: RICHARD ALLEN TEAGUE
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Publication number: 20150104243Abstract: In a spot welded joint according to an aspect of the present invention, with respect to a rectangular planar region of 100 ?m×100 ?m which is perpendicular to a sheet surface of the plurality of the steel sheets and which centers around an inner point spaced away by 100 ?m in a direction parallel with the sheet surface from an edge of a nugget, in a case of measuring a P concentration at a pitch of 1 ?m to obtain measured values of the P concentration at 100×100 of measurement points, and in a case of repetitively calculating an average value of the measured values of the P concentration at 20 of the measurement points which are adjacent to each other and which are arranged in a row in the direction parallel with the sheet surface among the 100×100 of the measurement points while shifting each one point to obtain 81×100 of the average values, the number of the average values which are more than two times an average P concentration is 0 to 100.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Fuminori Watanabe, Tomohito Tanaka, Seiji Furusako, Yasunobu Miyazaki, Hideki Hamatani, Hatsuhiko Oikawa
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Publication number: 20150104244Abstract: A laser joint structure includes a metal outer cylinder, a metal inner member that is provided inside of the outer cylinder, in which a joining portion is arranged following an inner shape of the outer cylinder, the joining portion being arranged contacting or close to the outer cylinder; and a laser weld that is provided on a mating portion of the outer cylinder and a corresponding mating portion of the joining portion, and in which a circular cylindrical nugget is formed by melting the outer cylinder and the joining portion, which is accomplished by emitting a laser light from outside the outer cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Akiyoshi WATANABE, Norimasa KOREISHI, Kentaro ADACHI
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Publication number: 20150086262Abstract: A welded assembly includes a first sheet and a second sheet. The second sheet is disposed over a portion of the first sheet and defines an overlap portion between the first and second sheets. A weld fastening the second sheet to the first sheet in the overlap area connects the second sheet to the first sheet for distributing stress uniformly across a welded portion of the overlap area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Russell P. Parrish, Thomas M. Barry, JR., Felix I. Quiros-Pedraza, Harvey C. Lee, Michael A. Disori, Alison Schoolcraft
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Patent number: 8979501Abstract: For connecting a shaft to a rotating component, especially of a shaft to a turbine wheel of an exhaust gas turbocharger, an intermediate component is provided by means of which the shaft is connected indirectly to the rotating component. The connection between the rotating component and the intermediate component is a form-locking and/or force-locking connection, especially a riveted connection.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Daimler AGInventors: Juergen Bassler, Rudolf Reinhardt, Heiko Steinmetz
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Publication number: 20150071703Abstract: At least one stiffening bead (32) is formed by arc welding on a surface of at least one of metal members in addition to a fillet bead (3) formed by fillet arc welding. The stiffening bead (32) is formed to have an angle of 45° to 135° with respect to the fillet bead (3) and to overlap with the fillet bead (3). The sum total l1 of lengths of stiffening beads (32) can be, for example, 0.5 times or more of a length L of the fillet bead (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinari Ishida, Shinji Kodama, Shoko Tsuchiya
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Publication number: 20150043962Abstract: A tailored blank for hot stamping includes a welded portion formed by butt-welding a first aluminum-plated steel sheet and a second aluminum-plated steel sheet, an Average Al concentration of a weld metal in the welded portion is in a range of 0.3 mass % to 1.5 mass %, an Ac3 point of the weld metal is 1250° C. or lower, and furthermore, an aluminum layer formed during the butt-welding is present on a surface of the welded portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Yasunobu Miyazaki, Yasuaki Naito, Kaoru Kawasaki, Takahiro Yoshinaga
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Publication number: 20150016871Abstract: In the present invention, a through-hole (2) and a compression periphery part (3a) at which the core of the resin foam (1c) is compressed are provided in a fastening part of a resin-foam core composite plate (1). A cylindrical part (11a) of a metallic fastening member (11) is inserted into the through-hole (2) from the proximal end side of a wall part (4). The fastening member (11) is crimped to the distal end of the wall part (4) via an eyelet member (12) placed on the outside of the wall part (4) so as to forcibly spread the cylindrical part (11a). The fastening member (11) and a counterpart member (A) are fastened together by tightening a nut (14) onto a bolt (13) inserted into the cylindrical part (11a).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventor: Akio Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20140376996Abstract: The metal forming method includes deforming a member to be formed (2) that includes a second metal and that has been heated and bringing the member into contact with a member to be bonded (3) that includes a first metal and that has been heated, in which the temperature of the member to be bonded (3) is a temperature at which a liquid phase ratio in the member to be bonded (3) is from 5 to 35%.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Tomoyuki Kudo, Takashi Murase, Takeshi Koshio
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Publication number: 20140369741Abstract: A joining process and a joined article are disclosed. The joining process includes positioning an article having a base material, and friction joining a pre-sintered preform to the base material. The pre-sintered preform forms a feature on the article. The joined article includes a feature joined to a base material by friction joining of a pre-sintered preform.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Yan CUI, Srikanth Chandrudu KOTTILINGAM, Brian Lee TOLLISON, Dechao LIN, David Edward SCHICK
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Publication number: 20140363305Abstract: A method is provided for casting an article such as a blade having an attachment root and an airfoil, the airfoil having a proximal end and a distal end. The method comprises introducing a molten alloy into a mold; and varying a composition of the introduced alloy during the introduction so as to produce a compositional variation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Dilip M. Shah, Alan D. Cetel
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Publication number: 20140356055Abstract: When a first joining object and a second joining object are joined to each other, the first joining object has a first metal composed of Sn or an alloy containing Sn, the second joining object has a second metal composed of an alloy containing at least one selected from among Ni, Mn, Al and Cr, and Cu. The first joining object and the second joining object are subjected to heat treatment in a state of being in contact with each other to produce an intermetallic compound at an interface between both joining objects such that both joining object are joined to each other. An alloy containing Sn in an amount of 70% by weight or more is used as the first metal. An alloy containing Sn in an amount of 85% by weight or more is used as the first metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Kosuke Nakano, Yasuyuki Seikmoto, Hidekiyo Takaoka, Daisuke Tsuruga
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Publication number: 20140356054Abstract: A connection structure applied to a fan for connecting a metal member with a shaft by means of laser. The connection structure includes a metal member and a shaft. The metal member has an opening, a first side and a second side. The opening is formed through a center of the metal member. The shaft is inserted in the opening. An outer circumference of the shaft is welded with a circumference of the opening on the first side to form at least one first welding section between the contact sections of the outer circumference of the shaft and the circumference of the opening on the first side. The first welding section is connected between the outer circumference of the shaft and the circumference of the opening on the first side to integrally connect the metal member with the shaft. The connection structure applied to the fan can lower cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.Inventors: Bor-Haw Chang, Ping-Tsang Ho, Hao-Ying Chen, Yen-Shi Chen, Yen-Chin Lu, Chun-Hao Huang
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Patent number: 8899868Abstract: A miter coupling and method for using the miter coupling to join a pair of square metal tubes at a desired angle using a welding process. The miter coupling, in a preferred embodiment, comprises a single piece of metal formed into a shape that is adapted to receive the ends of two square metal tubes at a desired angle. The miter coupling is shaped to form a pair of parallel elbow members, where the elbow members are formed into a desired angle, and the elbow members are interconnected by a cross support.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2010Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Inventor: Roger Blaine Trivette
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Publication number: 20140348575Abstract: A process is provided for seam welding advanced high strength steel sheets together. Respective end portions of first and second advanced high strength steel sheets are placed in overlapping contact with one another, and subjected to first and second weld passes. In the first weld pass, a seam welder including weld electrodes operate at a first-pass applied current and a first-pass pressure and are moved relative to the overlapping end portions at a first-pass carriage speed to establish a weld seam containing a weld nugget with a martensite phase. In the second weld pass, the weld electrodes operate at a second-pass applied current and a second-pass pressure and move relative to the weld seam at a second-pass carriage speed selected to fuse microcracks, lap openings, and porosity in the seam, relieve the residual stress in the joint, and temper the martensite phase of the weld nugget, and thereby form a weld joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventor: Soumitra V. AGASHE
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Publication number: 20140341642Abstract: A back-shielded welding method according to the present invention includes communicating a front surface-side and a back surface-side of two welding base materials (2, 3) with each other in the welding base materials (2, 3) that abut against each other; forming notched portions (21, 22) in abutting edge portions (15, 16) of two welding base materials (2, 3) in such a manner that a slit-shaped gas supply opening (17) is formed to extend along a forming direction of a welding bead; forming the gas supply opening (17) with the notched portions (21, 22) by abutting the abutting edge portions (15, 16) of the welding base materials (2, 3) against each other and temporarily fixing the abutting edge portions (15, 16); and forming the welding bead while supplying an inert gas via the gas supply opening (17), and blocking the gas supply opening (17) by the welding bead.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2012Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kenji Kawasaki, Ryuichi Yamamoto, Shin Nishimoto, Seiichi Kawaguchi
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Publication number: 20140314473Abstract: A method for connecting functional elements (14) to a shaft (10, having the following steps: (a) forming elevations (12) for receiving the functional elements (14), said elevations (12) being machined out of the shaft (10) by removing material, and (b) welding the functional elements (14) to the elevations (12) on the shaft (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2012Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventor: Oskar Stephan
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Publication number: 20140308070Abstract: In a welded joint manufactured by a method of resistance spot welding thin steel sheets, when the diameter of a nugget formed from the thin steel sheets is denoted by d, on a horizontal plane passing through a nugget surrounded by a corona bond, distribution of an amount of P in a region in the nugget surrounded by a closed curve at a distance d/100 from an end portion of a weld zone toward the inside of the nugget and a closed curve at a distance d/5 from the end portion of the weld zone toward the inside of the nugget is analyzed by area analysis, and the proportion of the region in terms of area in which the concentration m (mass %) of P is more than twice the concentration M (mass %) of P of a base metal composition is 5% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Koichi Taniguchi, Yasuaki Okita, Rinsei Ikeda
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Publication number: 20140294490Abstract: A welding process, welding system and welded article are disclosed. The welding process includes directing energy from one or more fusion beams to join a first element to a second element and to join the first element to a third element. The directing of the energy is at a first lateral angle and a second lateral angle with respect to the first element. The welding system includes an energy emitting device, a first fusion beam and a second fusion beam. The first fusion beam and the second fusion beam are oriented to extend diagonally through an article. The laser welded article includes the first element joined to the second element, and the first element joined to the third element. A fillet weld is formed in a first inaccessible portion between the first element and the second element and a second inaccessible portion between the first element and the third element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2013Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Dechao LIN, Zhaoli HU, Brian Lee TOLLISON
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Publication number: 20140294491Abstract: A weld metal according to the present invention has a specific chemical composition, contains carbide particles each having an equivalent circle diameter of greater than 0.5 ?m in a number of 0.25 or less per micrometer of grain boundary length, and has an A-value as specified by Formula (1) of 0.12 or more, Formula (1) expressed as follows: A-value=([V]/51+[Nb]/93)/([Cr]/52+[Mo]/96) ??(1) where [V], [Nb], [Cr], and [Mo] are contents (percent by mass) of V, Nb, Cr, and Mo, respectively, in the weld metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Ken Yamashita, Minoru Otsu, Genichi Taniguchi, Mikihiro Sakata
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Publication number: 20140286698Abstract: There is provided a welding material used for welding of SUS310 stainless steel base metal that contains at least one of Nb and V and is excellent in intergranular corrosion resistance, the chemical composition of the welding material consisting, by mass percent, of C: 0.02% or less, Si: 2% or less, Mn: 2% or less, Cr: 26 to 50%, N: 0.15% or less, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.002% or less, and Ni: a content percentage satisfying [5?Ni?Cr?14], and the balance of Fe and impurities. Also, there is provided a welding joint of an austenitic stainless steel, which consists of the base metal and a weld metal formed by using the welding material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2012Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Osuki, Kiyoko Takeda, Tetsuo Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Anada, Masatoshi Toyoda
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Publication number: 20140286699Abstract: The invention is directed at a method for welding a composite material and to welded structures thus prepared. The method includes a step of contacting a substrate material with a composite material, wherein the composite material includes a pair of spaced apart steel sheets and a core layer between the sheets; the volume of the core layer is about 25 volume % or more, based on the total volume of the composite material; the core layer includes a plurality of steel fibers arranged in one or more masses of fibers that extend the thickness of the core layer so that the core layer is in electrical communication with the steel sheets; and the steel fibers have a cross sectional area perpendicular to the length of the fibers from about 1×10?5 mm2 to about 2.5×10?2 mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: PRODUCTIVE RESEARCH LLCInventor: Shimon Mizrahi
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Publication number: 20140286696Abstract: An apparatus and method for mounting a trailer/dolly air brake system module onto a mounting surface of a trailer/dolly using a mounting element. More particularly, a trailer/dolly air brake system module is mounted to an I-beam or C-channel of the trailer/dolly via welding methods, fasteners, or clamps. This allows the trailer/dolly air brake system module to be easily removable and replaceable, minimizing trailer/dolly down time as well as diagnostic troubleshooting/repair time. More particularly, the system module is for a trailer/dolly air brake system module. The method allows for continued use of a trailer/dolly vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventors: Victor J. Raye, Jerry J. Donovan, James L. Greene
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Publication number: 20140248077Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring a lateral offset of an actual weld seam configuration relative to a desired weld seam configuration, in particular in the motor vehicle sector, comprising the following steps: a) providing at least a first structural part having a geometric deviation in the region of the desired weld seam configuration; b) guiding a laser beam along the first structural part to produce a weld seam, forming a melt pool, thereby producing the actual weld seam configuration; and c) detecting a reflection from the melt pool simultaneously with step b).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Brose Fahzeugteile GmbH Co. Kommanditgesellscaft, CoburgInventors: Torsten Seidel, Christof Bladowski
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Publication number: 20140234017Abstract: A plurality of short light metal billets 1 obtained by pressing light metal pieces are stacked in a long container 2 having an inside diameter D that is larger than an outside diameter d of each of the short light metal billets 1, are pressed in the long container 2 at a temperature higher than room temperature, and are compressed until the outside diameter d of each of the short light metal billets 1 becomes equal to the inside diameter D of the long container 2, thereby joining the short light metal billets 1 together at an interface 4 between each adjacent pair of the short light metal billets 1 by friction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2012Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: KURIMOTO, LTD.Inventors: Akihiko Koshi, Jinsun Liao
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Patent number: 8796580Abstract: The invention is directed at a method for welding a composite material and to welded structures thus prepared. The method includes a step of contacting a substrate material with a composite material, wherein the composite material includes a pair of spaced apart steel sheets and a core layer between the sheets; the volume of the core layer is about 25 volume % or more, based on the total volume of the composite material; the core layer includes a plurality of steel fibers arranged in one or more masses of fibers that extend the thickness of the core layer so that the core layer is in electrical communication with the steel sheets; and the steel fibers have a cross sectional area perpendicular to the length of the fibers from about 1×10?5 mm2 to about 2.5×10?2 mm2.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2010Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Productive ResearchInventor: Shimon Mizrahi
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Publication number: 20140205369Abstract: A joint site design for welding of a shaft has a tubular shape composed of a hard material with a hub having a flat shape composed of softer material. The shaft is joined by welding at a connection area located at an end face thereof to a connection area of the hub located at a radial shoulder thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: MAGNA Powertrain AG & CO. KGInventors: Alexander DIETRICH, Steve KEATON, Heinz Karl KLAMPFL, Aaron PHILLIPS
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Publication number: 20140199114Abstract: A structure is disclosed herein. The structure includes a first component including a first material, and a second component joined to the first component. The second component includes a second material that is dissimilar from the first material. A spacer is disposed between the first and second components, and the spacer eliminates galvanic corrosion of the first component at an interface between the first component and the second component. The spacer includes a first layer consisting of the first material, a second layer bonded to the first layer and consisting of a third material, and a third layer bonded to the second layer and consisting of the second material. The third material of the second layer is different from the first material and different from the second material. Also disclosed herein are a method of making the structure, and a method for reducing galvanic corrosion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Kiran Deshpande, Kaustubh Narhar Kulkarni
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Publication number: 20140169863Abstract: A method for forming a smooth interface between a weld cap and an adjacent base metal utilizing ultrasonic impact treatment. The method improves the geometric profile of a weld while imparting a compressive residual stress layer on the weld metal and base metal thereby alleviating the tensile residual stresses imparted to the metals during welding. The contouring process does not remove material, as in grinding, but plastically deforms the surface being treated producing a densified surface, in turn providing a smooth weld cap and base metal surface finish without the loss of base or weld metal thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventors: David John Sharman, Samuel B. Abston, II, Taylor Hanes
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Publication number: 20140133986Abstract: A method of producing a turbine engine rotor includes: joining a first rotor disc (25H) and an intermediate member (26) together by electronic beam welding, the first rotor disc (25H) being formed of a precipitation hardened Ni-based superalloy, the intermediate member (26) being formed of a solid solution strengthened Ni-based superalloy; performing age-hardening treatment on the joined body at a first temperature which is a suitable temperature for age-hardening the precipitation hardened Ni-based superalloy; joining the intermediate member (26) and a second rotor disc (25L) together by electronic beam welding, the second rotor disc (25L) being formed of a steel; and performing annealing treatment on the joined body at a second temperature which is a suitable temperature for annealing the steel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akinori Matsuoka, Hironori Okauchi, Shinji Koga, Takehiro Hyoue, Yusuke Takeda
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Patent number: 8721462Abstract: A bimetallic shaft for use in gearbox applications wherein the member of shaft that protrudes from the gearbox is designed and constructed from a corrosion-resistant metallic compound to prevent corrosion and wear to exposed shaft material. A gearbox comprising a bimetallic shaft having a corrosion-resistant material on the portion of the bimetallic shaft that protrudes from a gearbox housing, wherein a gearbox shaft seal radially surrounds the bimetallic shaft. A method of providing a bimetallic gearbox shaft comprising: a first shaft member comprising a non-corrosion-resistant material and having a first shaft axis, a second shaft member comprising a corrosion-resistant material and having a second shaft axis, and a joint that permanently affixes the first shaft member to the second shaft member such that the first shaft axis is aligned with the second shaft axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Scott Poster, David Bockmiller, Mark Przybyla
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Publication number: 20140112709Abstract: A dissimilar material joint is formed by arranging a plurality of joint segments consecutively in a longitudinal direction. Each joint segment is formed by joining and integrating together a first member, an intermediate member, and a second member by explosive welding. A groove is formed in a joint end face of each joint segment, the joint end face being joined to another one of the segments, the groove spacing apart an end face of the first member and an end face of the second member from each other in a stacking direction. In the dissimilar material joint, the end faces of the respective first members of the joint segments that are adjacent to each other are joined together by welding, and the end faces of the respective second members of the joint segments that are adjacent to each other are joined together by welding.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hironori Okauchi, Yukichi Takaoka, Takumi Yoshida, Noriko Ohmichi, Mitsuo Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20140110848Abstract: Provided among other things is an electrical device comprising: a first component that is a semiconductor or an electrical conductor; a second component that is an electrical conductor; and a strong, heat stable junction there between including an intermetallic bond formed of: substantially (a) indium (In), tin (Sn) or a mixture thereof, and (b) substantially nickel (Ni). The junction can have an electrical contact resistance that is small compared to the resistance of the electrical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: U.S. ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY ATTN: RDRL-LOC-IInventors: Patrick J. Taylor, Sudhir Trivedi, Wendy L. Sarney
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Patent number: 8684388Abstract: A bicycle having a first tube with a first tube portion and a first weld portion. The first tube portion has a first tube portion thickness and the first weld portion has a first weld portion thickness. The first weld portion has a first mating surface. A second tube having a second tube portion and a second weld portion. The second tube portion has a second tube portion thickness and the second weld portion has a second weld portion thickness. The second weld portion has a second mating surface. The first mating surface is positioned adjacent to the second mating surface, forming a weld interface between the first tube and the second tube. A weld bead formed along the weld interface coupling the first weld portion and the second weld portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.Inventor: Chuck Teixeira
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Publication number: 20140079471Abstract: The invention is a welding method capable of controlling an arc heat distribution on a groove face of a base metal, which comprises increasing or decreasing the melting rate of a welding wire relative to the feeding rate of the welding wire by changing the characteristic of an arc current to thereby change an arc generating position of a fusing end of the welding wire, wherein an AC arc welding operation is performed by changing the polarity of the welding wire as the characteristic of the arc current; and a welded joint structure formed by the welding method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicants: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., National Research Institute For MetalsInventors: Kazuo HIRAOKA, Terumi NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20130309003Abstract: This weld metal has excellent creep characteristics and has a given chemical composition. In the weld metal, the value A defined by equation (1) is 200 or greater, and carbide particles each having an equivalent-circle diameter of 0.40 ?m or more have an average equivalent-circle diameter less than 0.85 ?m. In the segments that connect the centers of three or more carbide particles which are present on a 6-?m straight line and which each has an equivalent-circle diameter of 0.40 ?m or more, the sum of the lengths of the portions where the segments intersect the carbide particles is 25% or more of the overall length of the segments. Value A=([V]/51+[Nb]/93)/{[V]×([Cr]/5+[Mo]/2)}×104??(1) In the equation, [V], [Nb], [Cr], and [Mo] respectively indicate the contents (mass %) of V, Nb, Cr, and Mo in the weld metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Hidenori Nako, Ken Yamashita, Minoru Otsu, Mikihiro Sakata, Genichi Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20130272781Abstract: When a turbine impeller (4) formed from an Ni-based superalloy and a rotor shaft (2) formed from a steel material are joined by being fused together via welding in a boundary portion, a mixing ratio of a welding metal (6) that is formed in the boundary portion by fusing together the Ni-based superalloy forming the turbine impeller (4) and the steel material forming the rotor shaft (2) is between 0.5 and 0.8. As a result, it is possible to obtain a sound welding joint in which there are no cracks in the boundary between the welding metal (6) and the Ni-based superalloy (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: Naoki Oiwa, Kosuke Watanabe, Koji Nezaki
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Patent number: 8475075Abstract: A suspension component for a vehicle includes a cast iron body, a high strength steel tube and an adapter ring. The adapter ring includes a protrusion engaged with a face of the cast iron body. The protrusion is heated to a plasticized state as a capacitor is discharged through the protrusion and the face. The adapter ring is welded to the body upon cooling of the adapter ring. The high strength steel tube is fixed to the adapter ring.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2008Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Magna International Inc.Inventor: Dieter Toepker
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Publication number: 20130142566Abstract: Probe-based methods are provided for wire bonding and joining of structures. The wire bonds are formed via a meniscus-confined electrodeposition technique. The electrodeposition technique of the invention can also be used for fabricating one or more nano-sized or micro-sized elongated structures. The structures extend at least partially upwards from the surface of a substrate, and may extend fully upward from the substrate surface. Apparatus suitable for use with the electrodeposition technique are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Inventor: Min-Feng Yu
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Patent number: 8434962Abstract: The invention relates to a friction welding joint of a plurality of two-dimensional components positioned on top of each other, which are held together by means of a connecting body, which rests on an upper component by means of a collar. The connecting body is configured as a pipe piece, and the upper component is penetrated by the connecting body having a front annular cutting edge by means of rotation and pressure, wherein the connecting body, after cutting through the upper component with the front thereof and receiving the cut-out material of the upper component in the hollow space thereof, together with the lower component forms a friction welding zone created by means of rotation and pressure of the connecting body.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: EJOT GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Eberhard Christ, Jorg Thiem, Torsten Fuchs, Gerhard Dubiel
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Publication number: 20120288324Abstract: The present invention provides a butt-welded joint of a welded structure, including: a pair of target metals; a weld bead formed by irradiating a first high-energy density beam to a butt portion between the pair of the target metals, the weld bead having a width W on an irradiated side surface; and a pair of altered zones formed, on a surface of the butt-welded joint having the first high-energy density beam irradiated thereto, by irradiating a second high-energy density beam to the surface, the pair of the altered zones having a band shape extending in parallel to the weld bead, and the pair of the altered zones consisting of a pair of heat-affected portions and molten and solidified metals located on a right side and a left side relative to the center of the weld bead in the width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2010Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Tadashi Ishikawa, Ryuichi Honma, Kazutoshi Ichikawa