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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 1979
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W Zelahy, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Terry L Jones, Middletown, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ; B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219-95 ; 219 1041 ; 219 1053 ;
Abstract
Metal components having an irregular cross-sectional configuration or made of different metals or alloys are bonded together through a forged joint resulting from application of localized high frequency induction heating combined with high energy rate impacting by preshaping interface portions to be joined as a function of the cross-sectional shapes of the components.