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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:
Apr. 21, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Samuel D Elrod, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428594 ; 2281 / ; 2281 / ; 2281 / ; 228193 ; 428660 ; 428940 ; 428941 ;
Abstract
An article of manufacture of a titanium reinforcing part having a grain structure to impart dimensional stability to the part at elevated temperatures is integrally joined to a titanium sheet having a grain structure to become superplastic at elevated temperatures. The completed composite titanium part is formed with the titanium sheet superplastically forming to intimately contact and to become diffusion bonded to the dimensionally stable titanium part.