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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.

Patent No.:

US 9909605 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2013

Hybrid joint manufacturing

Applicant:

Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;

Inventors:

David Baker, Bristol, GB;

Amir Rezai, Bristol, GB;

Andrew David Wescott, Bristol, GB;

Daniel Peter Graham, Guilford, GB;

Assignee:

BAE SYSTEMS plc, London, GB;

Attorney:

Finch & Maloney PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Jonathan Masinick

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 5/00 (2006.01); F16B 5/04 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B21J 15/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/64 (2006.01); B21K 25/00 (2006.01); B21J 15/00 (2006.01); B21J 15/14 (2006.01); F16B 17/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B29C 65/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 5/045 (2013.01); B21J 15/00 (2013.01); B21J 15/02 (2013.01); B21J 15/147 (2013.01); B21K 25/00 (2013.01); B29C 65/64 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/21 (2013.01); B29C 66/43 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/72141 (2013.01); B29C 66/742 (2013.01); B29C 66/81429 (2013.01); B29C 66/81431 (2013.01); B29C 66/8322 (2013.01); B29C 66/8432 (2013.01); F16B 17/008 (2013.01); B29C 65/567 (2013.01); B29C 65/606 (2013.01); B29C 65/607 (2013.01); B29C 66/81419 (2013.01); B29C 66/81423 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49938 (2015.01); Y10T 403/4966 (2015.01);
Abstract

A method for forming a joint between a fiber reinforced composite component and a metallic component and a joint are provided. The metallic component and the composite component each define a joint surface for mating with the joint surface of the other to join the two components together and the composite component defines a free surface opposed to the joint surface thereof. The joint surface of the metallic component defines an array of pins extending therefrom with each pin defining a pin head at an end distal from the joint surface. The method includes the steps of pressing together the joint surfaces of the two components whereby to cause the array of pins to penetrate through the fiber reinforcing material, and modifying the effective cross sectional shape of the pin heads whereby to increase the constraint applied to the composite component against peeling of the composite component from the joint surface of the metallic component.

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