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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2009
Daniel G. Sanders, Lake Tapps, WA (US);
Luis R. Leon, Federal Way, WA (US);
Paul D. Edwards, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory L. Ramsey, Seabeck, WA (US);
Gary W. Coleman, Snohomish, WA (US);
Daniel G. Sanders, Lake Tapps, WA (US);
Luis R. Leon, Federal Way, WA (US);
Paul D. Edwards, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory L. Ramsey, Seabeck, WA (US);
Gary W. Coleman, Snohomish, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A component is formed by welding a plurality of sheets of metal to form a blank with a number of weld nuggets, placing the blank between a die section and a lid section, heating the die section to heat the blank, and introducing a pressurized gas between the lid section and the die section to press the blank into a mold in the die section to form a component. The number of weld nuggets has a desired thickness ratio between about 1.1 to about 1.25 such that the plurality of sheets of metal and the component formed have a number of characteristics that are substantially the same.