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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jerome Thomas Coffey, Boulder, CO (US);
Samuel Edward Severson, Longmont, CO (US);
Jeffrey L. Bruce, Longmont, CO (US);
Emily Ann Chesnut, Louisville, CO (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/24 (2006.01); G11B 33/14 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); B23K 101/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/1466 (2013.01); B23K 20/122 (2013.01); B23K 20/129 (2013.01); B23K 20/24 (2013.01); G06F 1/1613 (2013.01); G11B 33/1446 (2013.01); B23K 2101/36 (2018.08);
Abstract
Described are devices and assemblies (e.g., precursors to a devices) that include a friction stir weld or a joint useful for forming a friction stir weld, the devices containing two metal components that form the joint at which the friction stir weld can be produced, as well as methods for producing a devices, assembly, joints, or friction stir weld as described.