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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Melekian, Rochester, MI (US);
Robert H. Davis, Woodbine, MD (US);
Steven M. Foster, Rochester, MI (US);
Nathan Allen Clark, Warren, MI (US);
David M. Donegan, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Bogdan Kolodziej, Clarkston, MI (US);
James Edward Levinson, Asheville, NC (US);
George Richard Thatcher, Asheville, NC (US);
William T. Polesnak, Troy, MI (US);
Kenneth Kinfun Yu, Clarkston, MI (US);
Assignee:
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Technology, LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/104 ; B23K 2/012 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/104 ; B23K 2/012 ;
Abstract
A method of welding an axle housing surface to a blank surface includes generated heat in one of the two components. Heat is generated from at least one of these surfaces at their interface sufficient to weld them together. The surfaces are then applied together.