US 11,999,007 B2
Laser-welded faucet
Arun Bhardwaj, Gurugram (IN); Lokesh Mohanpuri, New Delhi (IN); and Jayarama M. Murthy, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/145,681.
Application 18/145,681 is a continuation of application No. 16/032,899, filed on Jul. 11, 2018, granted, now 11,565,343.
Claims priority of application No. 201711024848 (IN), filed on Jul. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0201955 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B21D 22/02 (2006.01); B23K 26/24 (2014.01); E03C 1/04 (2006.01); B23K 101/04 (2006.01); C25D 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 26/0093 (2013.01) [B21D 22/02 (2013.01); E03C 1/04 (2013.01); B23K 26/24 (2013.01); B23K 2101/04 (2018.08); C25D 7/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A faucet body of a faucet, comprising:
a first sheet of stamped material that defines a first faucet body portion, the first faucet body portion including a first base portion and a first upper portion each extending in a first direction, and a first spout portion extending in a second direction at an angle to the first direction;
a second sheet of stamped material that defines a second body portion, the second faucet body portion including a second base portion and a second upper portion each extending in the first direction, and a second spout portion extending in the second direction at the angle to the first direction;
a first welded joint disposed between the first body portion and the second body portion and extending in a direction parallel to a direction in which water flows through the faucet; and
a second welded joint disposed between the first body portion and the second body portion opposite the first welded joint and extending continuously along a distance of an edge of the first body portion,
wherein the edge of the first body portion extends between the first base portion and the first upper portion of the first body portion, and
wherein the first upper portion is disposed above the first spout portion and the second upper portion is disposed above the second spout portion.