Patent ID: 6786383
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: B06B,B29C,B29K,B29L

Abstract:
An ultrasonic horn assembly for transporting ultrasonic energy to an operating location to apply the ultrasonic energy to at least one article at the operating location, the horn assembly comprising:a first stack component having at least one transfer face, wherein the first stack component is metal and is selected from the group consisting of an ultrasonic horn, an ultrasonic energy booster, and an ultrasonic energy converter; a second stack component having at least one transfer fate adapted to engage the transfer face of the first stack component at an interface for transmitting ultrasonic energy from one of the first and second stack components to the other, wherein the second stack component is metal and is selected from the group consisting of an ultrasonic horn, an ultrasonic energy booster, and an ultrasonic energy converter, and wherein the first and second stack components are not the same component; and a fusion zone at the interface integrally connecting the first and second stack components together, wherein the fusion zone comprises metallic fusion of the first stack component to the second stack component.