Patent ID: 6250535
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: B23K,E21C

Abstract:
The method of forming a metal body with a forward surface, a cylindrical bore opening on to said forward surface, said cylindrical bore having a diameter, a countersink in said forward surface and around said cylindrical bore, and a metallic tubular member having a cylindrical central opening, said metallic tubular member brazed into said countersink, said method comprising the steps ofproviding a blank for said metal body, said blank having a forward surface, said forward surface being without a bore opening therein,providing a metallic tubular member,forming an annular recess in said outer surface, said recess having an outer diameter and an inner wall complementary in shape to said metallic tubular member,providing a ring of braze material having an inner diameter at least equal to said diameter of said cylindrical bore and an outer diameter less than said outer diameter of said annular recess,inserting said braze material into said recess,inserting said metallic tubular member in said recess and against said ring of braze material,heating said blank to melt said braze material,allowing said blank for said metal body and said metal tubular member to cool and become brazed together, anddrilling said bore through said forward surface of said blank and through said cylindrical central opening of said metallic tubular member.