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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
May. 16, 2005
Larry Reatherford, Clarkston, MI (US);
Elizabeth T. Hetrick, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel E. Wilkosz, Saline, MI (US);
Jan Skogsmo, Molndal, SE;
Joseph Walsh, Quarryville, PA (US);
Larry Reatherford, Clarkston, MI (US);
Elizabeth T. Hetrick, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel E. Wilkosz, Saline, MI (US);
Jan Skogsmo, Molndal, SE;
Joseph Walsh, Quarryville, PA (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jaguar Cars Limited, Whitley, Coventry, GB;
Abstract
An ultrasonic welding apparatus having an extractable sonotrode. The sonotrode having a non-threaded outer peripheral surface and a tapered mating surface that meets with a correspondingly tapered aperture formed in the end of the reed of the ultrasonic welding apparatus. In the preferred embodiment the ultrasonic welding apparatus includes a sonotrode removal mechanism for extracting the sonotrode from the reed.