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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2015
Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Jeffrey F. Rhodes, Zionsville, IN (US);
Christopher Owen Nash, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rusty M. Garner, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A fixture may include a plurality of alloy pressure pads shaped to contact a component to be brazed or diffusion bonded, a plurality of springs, and at least one alloy support. In some examples, each spring of the plurality of springs is shaped to have a substantially constant stress throughout the spring. The plurality of springs may be between and contacting the at least one alloy support and the plurality of alloy pressure pads to exert spring forces on the plurality of alloy pressure pads. In some examples, the plurality of springs include a plurality of silicon nitride springs.