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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2005
Kevin T. Slattery, St. Charles, MO (US);
Christopher H. Swallow, Kirkwood, MO (US);
Loren J. Strahm, Florissant, MO (US);
Kevin T. Slattery, St. Charles, MO (US);
Christopher H. Swallow, Kirkwood, MO (US);
Loren J. Strahm, Florissant, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of making tailored blanks in accordance with one embodiment comprises the steps of friction welding a first joining surface of a first structural member having a substantially non-rectangular parallelogram profile to a first portion of a joining surface of a substrate; and thereafter concurrently linear friction welding first and second joining surfaces of a second structural member having a substantially non-rectangular parallelogram profile to a second portion of the surface of the substrate and to a second joining surface of the first structural member respectively. The first and second portions of the surface of the substrate are adjacent. Two or more structural members having a substantially non-rectangular parallelogram profile can be linear friction welded in succession to the substrate and to each other, thereby building a structural assembly having a long flange or other long feature of a desired length.