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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1982

Filed:

May. 05, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:

Kenneth H Holko, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

General Atomic Company, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285173 ; 228112 ; 228175 ; 2282 / ; 285286 ; 285D / ;
Abstract

A transition joint is disclosed for joining together tubular pieces formed respectively from a low alloy or carbon steel and a high temperature alloy composition including approximately 20% chromium, the transition joint including a plurality of tubular parts welded together and formed from standard code-approved materials of selected composition with a maximum variation in chromium content of approximately 2-5% between adjacent parts when the chromium content is below approximately 10% and a maximum chromium content variation of approximately 3-7% between adjacent transition parts when the chromium content of either part is above approximately 10% in either part, the transition parts being joined by friction welding and/or fusion welding and/or formed entirely by fusion welding deposition. The transition parts are also graded as to thermal expansion and strength characteristics, and the transition parts at opposite ends of the transition joint are preferably formed from low alloy or carbon steel and high temperature alloy composition respectively to facilitate in situ installation of the transition joint.


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