Patent ID: 6561722
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B23K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of joining components to form a load bearing joint that comprises:an outer, hollow, tubular component having an open end and inner diameter, an inner fitting component having a cylindrical shaped portion incorporating a circumferential abutment, an annular locating ring, said cylindrical shaped portion having a landing surface disposed between said circumferential abutment and said annular locating ring, said landing surface deviating no more than approximately 15 degrees from a line parallel to a long axis of said cylindrical shaped portion, said method comprising the steps of: a) engaging said annular locating ring of said cylindrical shaped portion of said inner fitting component with and along a predetermined length of said outer, hollow, tubular component, including the steps of: i) aligning the cylindrical shaped portion of the inner fitting component and the outer, hollow, tubular component; and ii) disposing the cylindrical shaped portion of the inner fitting component into the open end of the outer, hollow tubular component until the outer, hollow, tubular component contacts the circumferential abutment of the inner fitting component; and b) progressively intermolecularly bonding the outer, hollow, tubular component to said landing surface of said inner fitting component, said bonding process beginning proximate said circumferential abutment and progressing toward said annular locating ring, with an electromagnetic force.