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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:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Applicants:
David M. Bezaire, Lakewood, CA (US);
John M. Comfort, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
John G. Vollmer, Lomita, CA (US);
Mark A. Fischer, Lakewood, CA (US);
Inventors:
David M. Bezaire, Lakewood, CA (US);
John M. Comfort, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
John G. Vollmer, Lomita, CA (US);
Mark A. Fischer, Lakewood, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hole in a metal workpiece is filled by friction plug welding. The weld between the workpiece and the plug is reinforced by a weld land in the workpiece that surrounds one end of the plug. The weld land is formed by extruding a portion of the plug into a cavity in an anvil used in the welding process.