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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jerome Thomas Coffey, Boulder, CO (US);
Jeffrey L. Bruce, Longmont, CO (US);
Jason W. Morris, Longmont, CO (US);
Matthew Alexander Chamot, Thornton, CO (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/00 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); C22C 38/52 (2006.01); C22C 38/50 (2006.01); C22C 38/02 (2006.01); C22C 38/24 (2006.01); C22C 38/22 (2006.01); C22C 38/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/1255 (2013.01); C22C 38/02 (2013.01); C22C 38/22 (2013.01); C22C 38/24 (2013.01); C22C 38/30 (2013.01); C22C 38/50 (2013.01); C22C 38/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described are enclosures that include a friction stir weld, including electronic device enclosures, and precursors thereof, that contain a base and a cover that in an assembled condition form a joint at which a friction stir weld can be produced, as well as methods for producing a friction stir weld at a joint of such an assembly.