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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2014
Applicant:

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);

Inventors:

Douglas C. Hofmann, Altadena, CA (US);

Scott N. Roberts, Altadena, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/00 (2006.01); B23K 20/10 (2006.01); B23K 20/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/22 (2013.01); B23K 20/10 (2013.01); B23K 20/103 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention fabricate objects including metallic glass-based materials using ultrasonic welding. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an object that includes a metallic glass-based material includes: ultrasonically welding at least one ribbon to a surface; where at least one ribbon that is ultrasonically welded to a surface has a thickness of less than approximately 150 μm; and where at least one ribbon that is ultrasonically welded to a surface includes a metallic glass-based material.


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