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US 12,722,233 B2Granted
Fabrication of high-strength and lightweight beams and structures
AssigneeTokyo Electron Limited
InventorRonald Nasman
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Abstract
A method for reinforcing structural members, including forming a beam of a first metal, the beam including one or more grooves along a surface of the beam; placing a rod of a second metal in each of the one or more grooves along the surface of the beam; and fusing each rod to the beam without melting the first metal.
Claims7
A method for reinforcing structural members, comprising:
- forming a structure of a first metal, the structure including at least one groove along a surface of the structure;
- placing a rod of a second metal in the at least one groove along the surface of the structure such that an entirety of the rod lies within the groove below the surface of the structure when placed into the at least one groove;
- providing a cap of the first metal over the rod in the at least one groove along the surface of the structure;
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- embedding the rod in the structure by solid-state welding the structure, rod and cap together,
- wherein the rod remains intact and embedded in the structure as a reinforcing element after the solid-state welding, and
- wherein the structure is an I-beam and the surface of the structure is a surface of a flange of the I-beam.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.