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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:
Jul. 30, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Rolls-Royce plc, London, GB;
MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union Munchen GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ; B25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
269231 ; 228-2 ;
Abstract
A delicate or awkward to grip component which is to be friction bonded to another has formed on it a flange or like formation which can be gripped firmly by a wedging action. The component is loaded into a shuttle, provided with a releasable wedge clamp, which is carried by the output drive member of a friction bonding machine. Machine forces for the necessary friction heating and bonding phases of the operation are transmitted to component through faces on the shuttle which abut the component flange.