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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2004
Applicant:
Stephen L. Mayers, Jupiter, FL (US);
Inventor:
Stephen L. Mayers, Jupiter, FL (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 31/00 (2006.01); B23K 13/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A brazing process for joining copper and copper alloy tubes to a fitting which includes first forming a layer of a high melting temperature noble metal on one end of a copper or copper alloy tube. The plated end is then brazed to a metal ferrule to form a copper alloy-ferrule assembly. The assembly is then furnace brazed to a metal fitting.