US 12,251,769 B2
Closed socket brazed joint assembly
Andreas Athanassios Apostolopoulos, Erie, PA (US); James Wayne, Erie, PA (US); Alan Frampton, Erie, PA (US); Kyle Kessler, Erie, PA (US); and Ramesh Edara, Lawrence Park, PA (US)
Assigned to Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
Filed by Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/866,098.
Application 17/866,098 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/245,918, filed on Jan. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,420,280.
Prior Publication US 2022/0347777 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B23K 1/00 (2006.01); F16B 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 1/0008 (2013.01) [F16B 5/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly, comprising:
a first member having a socket with a floor and opposing walls, the floor separated from the opposing walls by curved fillets; and
a second member with an end having opposite faying surfaces separated from each other by an interconnecting faying surface, the socket of the first member shaped to receive the end of the second member with the interconnecting faying surface of the second member facing the floor of the first member in the socket and the opposite faying surfaces of the second member facing the opposing walls of the first member;
wherein the socket is shaped such that, before direction of thermal energy into the socket, there are one or more gaps between the opposing walls of the first member and the opposite faying surfaces of the second member with a slug of brazing fill material between the end of the second member and the floor of the socket in the first member; and
wherein the socket is shaped such that, responsive to directing the thermal energy into the socket, the brazing fill material melts, flows, and fills the one or more gaps between the opposite faying surfaces of the second member and the opposing walls of the socket in the first member to form a closed socket brazed joint that joins the first and second members.