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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2024
Applicant:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Ronald Nasman, Albany, NY (US);
Assignee:
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/00 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B23K 31/02 (2006.01); B23K 101/28 (2006.01); B23K 103/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 31/025 (2013.01); B23K 20/1265 (2013.01); B23K 20/128 (2013.01); B23K 2101/28 (2018.08); B23K 2103/20 (2018.08);
Abstract
A method for reinforcing structural members, including forming a beam of a first metal, the beam including one or more grooves along a surface of the beam; placing a rod of a second metal in each of the one or more grooves along the surface of the beam; and fusing each rod to the beam without melting the first metal.