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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Kevin Slattery, Saint Charles, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Beoing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B23K 20/00 (2006.01); B23K 20/10 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B23P 17/04 (2006.01); B32B 3/28 (2006.01); B32B 15/01 (2006.01); B21D 26/055 (2011.01); B21D 26/059 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/061 (2013.01); B21D 26/055 (2013.01); B21D 26/059 (2013.01); B23K 20/10 (2013.01); B23P 17/04 (2013.01); B32B 3/28 (2013.01); B32B 15/01 (2013.01); B32B 15/016 (2013.01); B32B 15/017 (2013.01); B23K 2203/18 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49805 (2015.01); Y10T 428/1241 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24661 (2015.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method of making a structure by ultrasonic welding and superplastic forming. The method comprises assembling a plurality of workpieces comprising a first workpiece including a first material having superplastic characteristics; ultrasonically welding the first workpiece to a second workpiece, to form an assembly; heating the assembly to a temperature at which the first material having superplastic characteristics is capable of superplastic deformation, and injecting a fluid between the first workpiece and the second workpiece to form a cavity between the first workpiece and the second workpiece.