Advanced multi-shouldered fixed bobbin tools for simultaneous friction stir welding of multiple parallel walls between parts

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8413875
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13561417

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A multi-shouldered friction stir welding tool comprises an exterior threaded solid pin having a diameter and a length; a shoulder having a threadless inner diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the exterior threaded solid pin and at least one substantially radial threaded set screw hole; an monolithic shoulder-shank having a threadless inner diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the exterior threaded solid pin and at least one substantially radial threaded set screw hole; a pair of locking nuts having a threadless outer diameter and a threaded inner diameter operably compatable with the exterior threaded solid pin, wherein the shoulder and the monolithic shoulder-shank are capable of slidable engagement with the exterior threaded solid pin along the length of the exterior threaded solid pin to set a space slightly larger than a thickness of a work piece to be welded.

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ALCOA INCALCOA CORPORATE CENTER 201 ISABELLA STREET PITTSBURGH PA 15212

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Chontas, Trent A Braddock Hills, US 12 125
Cobes, John W Lower Burrell, US 42 844
Fridy, Joseph M Pittsburtgh, US 11 131
Stol, Israel Pittsburgh, US 64 1106

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