US 11,666,990 B2
Welded assemblies and methods of making welded assemblies
Russell P. Parrish, Glastonbury, CT (US); Thomas M. Barry, Jr., East Hampton, CT (US); Felix I. Quiros-Pedraza, Manchester, CT (US); Harvey C. Lee, Newington, CT (US); Michael A. Disori, Vernon, CT (US); and Alison Schoolcraft, Rocky Hill, CT (US)
Assigned to RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/966,696.
Application 15/966,696 is a division of application No. 14/492,663, filed on Sep. 22, 2014, granted, now 9,956,647.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/881,623, filed on Sep. 24, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2018/0290238 A1, Oct. 11, 2018
Int. Cl. B23K 26/244 (2014.01); B23K 26/32 (2014.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01); B23K 103/06 (2006.01); B23K 103/18 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 26/244 (2015.10) [B23K 26/32 (2013.01); B23K 2101/001 (2018.08); B23K 2103/06 (2018.08); B23K 2103/26 (2018.08); Y10T 403/478 (2015.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A welded assembly, comprising:
a first sheet;
a second sheet disposed over a portion of the first sheet, wherein an overlap area is defined where the first and second sheets overlap; and
a weld disposed within the overlap area, wherein the weld connects the first sheet to the second sheet and is configured and adapted for distributing stress within the weld and overlapping portion of the second sheet,
wherein the weld includes a weld line tracing an elliptical segment in the overlap area, and
wherein the second sheet includes a laterally extending bend line parallel to a major axis of the elliptical segment.