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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:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Megastir Technologies Llc, Provo, UT (US);
Inventors:
Paul T. Higgins, Houston, TX (US);
Barry Wayne Struthers, Houston, TX (US);
Rod W. Shampine, Houston, TX (US);
Jeremy Peterson, Cedar Hills, UT (US);
Rodney Dale Fleck, Mansfield, TX (US);
Russell J. Steel, Salem, UT (US);
Scott M. Packer, Alpine, UT (US);
Assignee:
MEGASTIR TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Provo, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 37/00 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B23K 20/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/129 (2013.01); B23K 20/26 (2013.01); B23K 20/126 (2013.01); B23K 2201/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for providing a mandrel that can be used to react the loads that are created by a friction stir joining tool as it performs friction stir joining of tubulars, the mandrel selected from a disposable mandrel, a partially disposable mandrel, a reusable mandrel, and a mandrel that is partially disposable and partially reusable.