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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314670 | Welded component A welded component includes at least one high temperature segment of a high alloy Cr steel with high creep strength and a low temperature segment of a low alloy steel with high toughness and/or a high yield strength which are connected materially to one another via ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7118140 | Compliant sealing connection for fuel components A fuel communicating assembly including a base having a wall disposed about a longitudinal axis. The wall having a surface exposed to the longitudinal axis. The surface defining a chamber. The wall having an end that defines an aperture to the chamber. The assembly ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7089728 | Single-piece turbine rotor and pinion gear and manufacturing technique for same A power transfer assembly comprises a power turbine constructed of a nickel alloy; a gear shaft constructed of a low-carbon carburized gear material; and a transition portion between and welded to each of the power turbine and gear shaft. The nickel alloy may be wel... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7044221 | Apparatus for coupling a tubular member to a preexisting structure An apparatus for coupling a tubular member to a preexisting structure. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6921583 | Al-Cu bonded structure and method for making the same With an Al—Cu bonded structure, an Ag layer can be remained at the Al—Cu bonding interlayer providing ductile deformation behavior and a tensile strength at the bonded interlayer similar to that of the Al base material. This results in superior bonding character... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6843509 | Coupler for use with metal conduits A coupler for joining an aluminum conduit to a steel or stainless steel conduit and which includes a main body which is formed from a first layer of aluminum and a layer of steel or an iron-chromium alloy which are explosively welded together, and wherein the main b... | 01/18/2005 |
| 5984377 | Bondable plastic piping adapter joint A plastic pipe joint between two dissimilar plastics, one being a non-glueable olefin or rubber and the other a glueable or solvent-weldable plastic. The joint consists of a glueable, plastic ferrule compression fitted over the end of an olefinic or other... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5836623 | Connector system for use in ultra-high vacuum systems A connector for use in an ultra-high vacuum system that has a metal conduit section with a first hardness, a metal fitting member with a second hardness greater than the first hardness of the conduit section, and a metallic reaction-inhibiting barrier pos... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5071174 | Brazed tubing connector construction and method In a construction for joining a copper tube (20) to a steel body (10) which may be part of a device such as an accumulator used in an air conditioning system, the copper tube is passed into an opening (14) in a wall (12) of the steel body. The opening in ... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4693501 | Refrigeration tubing joint A heat exchanger tube assembly having one end of a copper tube soldered to the end of an aluminum tube, and a method of minimizing galvanic corrosion at the soldered joint. The aluminum tube, having a roughened inner surface for enhanced heat transfer, fi... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4415187 | Composite metal nipple A tubular metal nipple for joining with the end of a copper tube by means of solder to readily produce a reliable joint in refrigeration plumbing system. The nipple has a inner copper sleeve concentrically spaced from the inside wall of a steel outer casi... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4333671 | Friction welded transition joint A transition joint is disclosed for joining together tubular pieces formed respectively from a low alloy or carbon steel and a high temperature alloy composition having substantially different characteristics such as coefficient of thermal expansion, the ... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4333670 | Stepped transition joint A transition joint is disclosed for joining together tubular pieces formed respectively from a low alloy or carbon steel and a high temperature alloy composition including approximately 20% chromium, the transition joint including a plurality of tubular p... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4239264 | Thermal expansion joint for pipes The thermal expansion joint for relieving stresses in a pipe line due to thermal expansion consists of a pair of pipe sections wherein each section has one-half of its wall made of a metal having a higher thermal coefficient of expansion than the thermal ... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4134607 | Member for welding to another member A member to be welded to another member by means of a welding tool that clamps the two members together with the weld location in register with a welding tip carried by the tool. Attached to the member is a welding collar of a material different than the ... | 01/16/1979 |
