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AssigneeReactive Nanotechnologies, Inc.
InventorsAlan Duckham, Jesse Newson, Michael Brown, Timothy Rude, Omar Knio, Ellen Heian, Jai Subramanian
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A method for joining component bodies of material over bonding regions of large dimensions by disposing a plurality of substantially contiguous sheets of reactive composite materials between the bodies and adjacent sheets of fusible material. The contiguous sheets of the reactive composite material are operatively connected by an ignitable bridging material so that an igniting reaction in one sheet will cause an igniting reaction in the other. An application of uniform pressure and an ignition of one or more of the contiguous sheets of reactive composite material causes an exothermic thermal reaction to propagate through the bonding region, fusing any adjacent sheets of fusible material and forming a bond between the component bodies.
A method of bonding a first component body to at least one additional component body over a large dimension bonding region, comprising the steps of:
A bonded structure comprising at least two component bodies, and the remains of a plurality of sheets of reactive composite material disposed within a bonding region between said at least two component bodies.
A method for initiating an exothermic reaction within an assembly of a plurality of reactive composite material sheets, comprising:
An assembly comprising at least two adjacent sheets of reactive composite material interconnected by at least one coupling means.
45 The bonded structure of claim 44 wherein the large dimension bonding region has an area greater than 16 square inches.
A method of bonding a first component body to at least one additional component body over a large dimension bonding region, comprising the steps of:
A method of bonding a first component body to at least one additional component body over a large dimension bonding region, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.