Arvin Meritor Technology, LLC

Yang Zhai

Phillip Leicht

John G Kelly

David Earl Rogers

Chetankumar Ghatti

Joseph Melekian

Aniruddh P Annigeri

Richard A Dlouhy

A system for making a welded assembly. The system may include a welding system that projects a laser beam that welds a first part to a second part. The system may further include a gas delivery device defining an interior cavity. The gas delivery device may include an inlet that provides pressurized gas to the interior cavity, and a discharge slot that receives the pressurized gas from the interior cavity and outputs the pressurized gas with substantially laminar flow toward the laser beam.

Gas delivery system

A system for making a welded assembly. The system may include a welding system that is configured to weld a first part to a second part with a laser beam. The system may further include an integrated feeder nozzle that includes an inlet manifold that receives a shield gas, and a nozzle body secured to the inlet manifold. The nozzle body may include a plurality of peripheral apertures that extend through the conical distal region and that are arranged around a central axis of the nozzle body. The system may further include a wire feeder disposed in the inlet manifold and the nozzle body. The wire feeder receives a welding wire and guides the welding wire to the central aperture.

Integrated feeder nozzle

A method and a system of balancing a shaft for an axle assembly. The method may include using an electrical resistance welder to weld a balance weight to a shaft proximate an imbalance location using an insert or brazing material. The insert material may have a lower liquidus temperature than a liquidus temperatures of the shaft and balancing weight.

Resistance brazing for a shaft balancing system

A welding system and a method of control. The welding system may include a weld gun that may have an induction coil and a guide sleeve. The induction coil may heat a welding electrode in the weld gun. The guide sleeve may inhibit the welding electrode from engaging the induction coil.

Welding system and method of control

A differential assembly and a method of manufacture. The differential assembly may include a case that is rotatable about an axis and includes a first case portion and the second case portion. The first case portion may be joined to the second case portion with a first weld that may be disposed at an angle with respect to the axis.

Differential assembly and method of manufacture

A method of joining dissimilar materials that may include a first part made of cast iron and a second part made of a metal alloy that is not made of cast iron. An insert material may be disposed between the first part and the second part. The insert material may be heated such that at least a portion of the insert material forms a transient phase liquid and bonds to the first part and the second part.

Transient liquid phase joining of dissimilar materials

A system and method of friction welding a workpiece. A curl forming die may be disposed proximate a first part and a second part. The curl forming die may form a curl that is generated when the first part is friction welded to the second part.

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