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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul Stevenson Gregg, Normandy Park, WA (US);
Kirk B. Kajita, Newcastle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 31/00 (2006.01); B23K 31/02 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); C21D 7/02 (2006.01); C22F 1/18 (2006.01); B21D 3/16 (2006.01); C21D 9/50 (2006.01); C22F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 31/02 (2013.01); B21D 3/16 (2013.01); B32B 38/0012 (2013.01); C21D 7/02 (2013.01); C22F 1/183 (2013.01); B23K 2201/16 (2013.01); C21D 9/50 (2013.01); C22F 1/00 (2013.01); Y10T 403/477 (2015.01);
Abstract
Methods of manufacture include welding two or more elongate members together to define an elongate weldment, wherein the welding results in a weld region that is in tension and regions adjacent to the weld region that are in compression, and longitudinally stretching the elongate weldment. Tools and systems for manufacturing elongate weldments, as well as apparatuses, such as aircraft, that include elongate weldments, also are disclosed.