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US 12,466,003 B2Granted
Variable gage blank
AssigneeTwb Company, LLC
InventorsMark Eisenmenger, Wayne Huisman, Isaac Luther
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Abstract
A variable gage blank is formed from a set of components joined by a joining process. The set of components include a web, a first flange, and a second flange. The components have respective thicknesses. The first flange and the second flange may be modified to include a transition region with a variable thickness that terminates on an edge having a thickness substantially similar to a thickness of the web.
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A welded part, comprising:
- a first piece having a first thickness, and first and second interfaces separated by a width of the first piece;
- a second piece having a second thickness;
- and
- a third piece having a third thickness,
- wherein the second piece is bonded to the first piece at the first interface and the third piece is bonded to the first piece at the second interface via a joining process, wherein the second thickness and the third thickness are greater than the first thickness,
- wherein the second piece is machined, prior to bonding via the joining process, to remove material from a face of the second piece adjacent to an edge of the second piece to form a second-piece transition region over which the a thickness of the second piece linearly and continuously changes from the second thickness at one end of the second-piece transition region to a thickness substantially similar to the first thickness at the edge of the of the second piece,
- wherein the third piece is machined, prior to bonding via the joining process, to remove material from a face of the third piece adjacent to an edge of the third piece to form a third-piece transition region over which the a thickness of the third piece linearly and continuously changes from the third thickness at one end of the third-piece transition region to a thickness substantially similar to the first thickness at the edge of the of the third piece.
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A welded part, comprising:
- a web having a first thickness;
- a first flange joined to the web on a first side of the web;
- and
- a second flange joined to the web on a second side of the web, the second side being separated from the first side by a width of the web,
- wherein the first flange is machined, prior to joining to the web, to remove material from a face of the first flange to create a first transition region,
- wherein over the first transition region a thickness of the first flange linearly and continuously changes from a second thickness to a third thickness at an edge of the first flange,
- wherein the second flange is machined, prior to joining to the web, to remove material from a face of the second flange to create a second transition region,
- wherein over the second transition region a thickness of the second flange linearly and continuously changes from a fourth thickness to a fifth thickness at an edge of the second flange,
- wherein the second thickness and the fourth thickness are greater than the first thickness,
- wherein the first flange is joined at the edge of the first flange having the third thickness to the first side at the web, and
- wherein the second flange is joined at the edge of the second flange having the fifth thickness to the second side of the web.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.