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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2022
Lincoln Global, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);
Bryan M. O'neil, Double Oak, TX (US);
David M. Douglass, Bay Village, OH (US);
Michael S. Flagg, Aurora, OH (US);
Bradley K. Barnhart, Seven Hills, OH (US);
LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);
Abstract
A tubular joint includes a tubular substrate extending along an axis. The substrate has a first inner diameter. A first tubular brace member is additively manufactured on the substrate and is connected thereto at a proximal end of the first tubular brace member. A second tubular brace member is additively manufactured on the substrate and is connected thereto at a proximal end of the second tubular brace member. At respective distal ends of the brace members, the first tubular brace member and the second tubular brace member have a circular cross-sectional shape having a distal wall thickness and a second inner diameter that is smaller than the first inner diameter. At the proximal ends the of brace members, the first tubular brace member and the second tubular brace member have respective proximal wall thicknesses that are greater than the distal wall thickness.