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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2011
Allen H. Simpson, Buchanan, MI (US);
Slawomir T. Fryska, Granger, IN (US);
Mark L. LA Forest, Granger, IN (US);
Roger L. Klinedinst, North Liberty, IN (US);
Alexander Mukasyan, Granger, IN (US);
Charles D. D'amico, Osceola, IN (US);
Allen H. Simpson, Buchanan, MI (US);
Slawomir T. Fryska, Granger, IN (US);
Mark L. La Forest, Granger, IN (US);
Roger L. Klinedinst, North Liberty, IN (US);
Alexander Mukasyan, Granger, IN (US);
Charles D. D'Amico, Osceola, IN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
University of Notre Dame du Lac, Notre Dame, IN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for bonding a first carbon composite to a second carbon composite through a reactant layer includes a housing, and a pair of conductive press plates electrically isolated from the housing. The press plates are adapted to position the two parts to be bonded with a reactant layer therebetween. The press plates are subjected to an electrical potential and a clamping force, sufficient to initiate a combustion reaction that creates a molten ceramic to bond together the carbon-carbon composites.