Patent ID: 7186049
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: B23K,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pin-to-plate joint, which comprises: a) a plate comprising a thickness between a first side and a second side and a plurality of tabs, the tabs bent towards the second side at substantially right angles defining an opening in the plate with flow spaces between the bent tabs; b) a pin having a length extending to a proximal end and a distal end; and c) wherein the pin is of a higher melting temperature material than that of the plate wherein the pin is secured to the plate by a solidified cap of molten plate material wicked from the bent tabs onto the proximal pin end and into the flow spaces to thereby form the pin-to-plate joint with the distal pin end extending outwardly from the first plate side, wherein the proximal pin end has not been melted.