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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
May. 19, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Kathleen Chou, St. Louis, MO (US);
Kevin Thomas Slattery, Saint Charles, MO (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/00 (2006.01); B23K 20/233 (2006.01); B23K 20/02 (2006.01); B23K 31/02 (2006.01); B23K 35/34 (2006.01); B23K 20/10 (2006.01); B23K 20/16 (2006.01); B23K 35/00 (2006.01); B23K 35/02 (2006.01); B23K 101/34 (2006.01); B23K 103/10 (2006.01); B23K 103/08 (2006.01); B23K 101/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/2333 (2013.01); B23K 20/002 (2013.01); B23K 20/02 (2013.01); B23K 20/026 (2013.01); B23K 20/10 (2013.01); B23K 20/16 (2013.01); B23K 31/02 (2013.01); B23K 35/001 (2013.01); B23K 35/025 (2013.01); B23K 35/34 (2013.01); B23K 2101/18 (2018.08); B23K 2101/34 (2018.08); B23K 2103/08 (2018.08); B23K 2103/10 (2018.08); B23K 2103/15 (2018.08);
Abstract
A method includes disposing a hydride of a transition metal on a first metallic material, where at least one of the first metallic material or a second metallic material includes a surface oxide layer. The method includes performing a diffusion bonding operation to bond the first metallic material to the second metallic material. During the diffusion bonding operation, the hydride of the transition metal chemically reacts with the surface oxide layer.