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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:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Ziyun Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Ping YE Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ziyun Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Ping Ye Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for bonding a pair of tubular members are disclosed. First and second end portions of the tubular members are gripped for rotation about their axis. The tubular members are axially rotated and a laser beam is directed radially toward the tubular members to bond them together.