US 12,486,872 B2
Method and apparatus for additive friction stir manufactured transition joint
Curtis Erwin Prothe, Brevard, NC (US)
Assigned to DMC Global Inc., Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by DMC Global Inc., Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/757,391.
Application 18/757,391 is a continuation of application No. 17/521,438, filed on Nov. 8, 2021, granted, now 12,055,186.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/110,510, filed on Nov. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0344567 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16D 1/027 (2006.01); B23K 101/06 (2006.01); B23K 103/20 (2006.01); F16C 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 1/027 (2013.01) [F16C 3/023 (2013.01); B23K 2101/06 (2018.08); B23K 2103/20 (2018.08)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dissimilar metal article comprising:
a first metallic component comprising a first metallic component first end surface;
a second metallic component comprising a second metallic component first end surface;
an additive flow material bonded to each of the first metallic component first end surface and the second metallic component first end surface;
wherein the additive flow material intermixes with the first metallic component and the second metallic component; and
the additive flow material forms a collar around the first metallic component and the second metallic component at a position radially outward from the first metallic component and the second metallic component.