Patent ID: 6392186
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
A disposable collet adapter and workpiece for use with a stud welding tool comprising:a workpiece having opposing ends, a peripheral surface, and a cross-sectional profile at each opposing end, and a disposable collet adapter comprising a hollow, elongate sleeve, said sleeve having an inner surface, an outer surface, a proximal open end with a cross-sectional profile perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said sleeve, a distal open end with a cross-sectional profile perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said sleeve, said sleeve formed of a sheet of substantially uniform thickness extending between said proximal and distal ends, wherein the proximal open end of the sleeve is attachable in a readily releasable fashion to an electrode of a stud welding tool and the distal open end of the sleeve is releasably mountable to one of the opposing ends of the workpiece.