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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Edison Welding Institute, Inc., Columbus, OH (US);
Karl F. Graff, Hilliard, OH (US);
Cameron Benedict, Orient, OH (US);
Justin Wenning, Celina, OH (US);
EDISON WELDING INSTITUTE, INC., Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
An ultrasonic welding apparatus that includes a full-wave sonotrode that further includes a first horn, a first nodal region, a welding surface, a second nodal region, and a second horn; first and second bearing assemblies that support the sonotrode at the first and second nodal regions respectively, wherein each bearing assembly further includes a first bearing housing portion; a first low friction bearing disposed within the first bearing housing portion; a second bearing housing portion connected to the first bearing housing portion; and a second low friction bearing disposed within the second bearing housing portion; a first centering apparatus that exerts laterally-acting force on the horn of the full-wave sonotrode; and a second centering apparatus that exerts laterally-acting force on the second horn of the full-wave sonotrode.