Reactive Nanotechnologies, Inc.

Indium Corporation of America

Nanofoil Corporation

Jesse E Newson

Omar Knio

Timothy Ryan Rude

Michael V Brown

Jai S Subramanian

Alan Duckham

Ellen Heian

Timothy P Weihs

David Van Heerden

Ellen M Heian

Omar M Knio

A method for joining component bodies of material over bonding regions of large dimensions by disposing a plurality of substantially contiguous sheets of reactive composite materials between the bodies and adjacent sheets of fusible material. The contiguous sheets of the reactive composite material are operatively connected by an ignitable bridging material so that an igniting reaction in one sheet will cause an igniting reaction in the other. An application of uniform pressure and an ignition of one or more of the contiguous sheets of reactive composite material causes an exothermic thermal reaction to propagate through the bonding region, fusing any adjacent sheets of fusible material and forming a bond between the component bodies.

Method for fabricating large dimension bonds using reactive multilayer joining

The invention includes a method of joining two components. The method includes providing at least two components to be joined, a reactive multilayer foil, and a compliant element, placing the reactive multilayer foil between the at least two components, applying pressure on the two components in contact with the reactive multilayer foil via a compliant element, and initiating a chemical transformation of the reactive multilayer foil so as to physically join the at least two components. The invention also includes two components joined using the aforementioned method.

Methods and device for controlling pressure in reactive multilayer joining and resulting product

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Jesse E Newson