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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
John Joseph Francis Bonnen, Milford, MI (US);
Sergey Fedorovich Golovashchenko, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Alexander Mamutov, Dearborn, MI (US);
Lloyd Douglas Maison, Brownstown Township, MI (US);
Scott Alwyn Dawson, Royal Oak, MI (US);
James deVries, Redford, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A cartridge assembly is disclosed for a pulse welding a first tube supported on a mandrel to a second tube. An outer tool is assembled over the second tube and a stored charge is discharged in the cartridge assembly. The cartridge comprises an annular conductor and a solid casing enveloping the conductor. The stored charge is electrically connected to the conductor and discharged through the conductor to compress the second tube and pulse weld the second tube to the first tube.