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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:
May. 08, 1990
Filed:
May. 12, 1988
Mark W Puddle, Banbury, GB;
Nigel C Davies, Banbury, GB;
William F Marwick, Daventry, GB;
Peter G Sheasby, Banbury, GB;
Alcan International Limited, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method of forming a joint between aluminium workpieces. These carry an artifically applied e.g. chromate or anodic oxide coating on their surface. A curable adhesive containing up to 40% by weight of particulate filler having a maximum particle size of 300 microns is provided between the workpieces to be joined. Resistance welding is performed using a welding electrode whose tip has a surface with an average roughness depth of at least 10 microns. This increases electrode life and makes it possible to use lower welding currents than previously recommended.