Profile of interfacing projections
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsJonathan MEYER, Daniel JOHNS
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Abstract
A method of joining a first component to a second component, the method comprising preparing the first component by forming an array of projections extending from a bond surface of the first component, each projection having a base, a tapered tip and a tapered overhang beneath the tip, wherein the overhang has an undercut surface which is inclined and faces towards the local bond surface; bringing the components together so as to embed the projections in the second component; and hardening the second component after the array of projections has been embedded into it. Also, a joint so formed.
Claims12
A method of joining a first component to a second component, the method comprising:
- preparing the first component by forming an array of projections extending from a bond surface of the first component, each projection having a base, a tapered tip and a tapered overhang beneath the tip, wherein the overhang has an undercut surface which is inclined and faces towards the local bond surface;
- bringing the components together so as to embed the projections in the second component;
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- hardening the second component after the array of projections has been embedded into it.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.