Patent ID: 8464926
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: B23K,B32B,C22C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A workpiece assembly comprising: a first piece of a first metal; a first piece of a second metal overlying at least a portion of the first piece of first metal; a second piece of the first metal overlying the first piece of first metal and in side-to-side relationship with the first piece of second metal; and a weld seam securely joining the first piece of first metal, the first piece of second metal, and the second piece of first metal together, the weld seam being defined by a stirred mixture of the first metal and the second metal and extending between the first piece of second metal and the second piece of first metal, wherein the first metal is dissimilar from the second metal, and wherein the weld seam does not extend through the first piece of the first metal.