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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:
Dec. 30, 1986
Filed:
May. 03, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin H Mansbridge, Bristol, GB;
John Norton, Bristol, GB;
Paul W Beazley-Long, Bristol, GB;
David J Irwin, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
British Aerospace PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ; B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
228157 ; 228265 ; 2942 / ; 2952 / ; 420902 ;
Abstract
A method of forming a stiffened panel from first and second metal sheets, at least the first sheet being capable of both superplastic deformation and diffusion bonding, and also provided with at least one control region of different thickness compared with other regions of the sheet, includes the steps of: