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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Dennis Sigl, Greenville, WI (US);
Dustin Wagner, Appleton, WI (US);
Christopher Hsu, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 37/06 (2006.01); B23K 26/348 (2014.01); B23K 26/70 (2014.01); B23K 9/173 (2006.01); B23K 26/14 (2014.01); B23K 26/242 (2014.01); B23K 9/167 (2006.01); B23K 9/02 (2006.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01); B23K 9/32 (2006.01); B23K 9/04 (2006.01); B23K 31/00 (2006.01); B23K 101/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 37/06 (2013.01); B23K 9/02 (2013.01); B23K 9/04 (2013.01); B23K 9/167 (2013.01); B23K 9/173 (2013.01); B23K 9/32 (2013.01); B23K 26/1464 (2013.01); B23K 26/242 (2015.10); B23K 26/348 (2015.10); B23K 26/702 (2015.10); B23K 31/003 (2013.01); H05B 6/10 (2013.01); B23K 2101/06 (2018.08);
Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method in which an induction head is used to impinge an electromagnetic force field on a molten metal bead to shape same, e.g., to flatten same.