Methods and device for controlling pressure in reactive multilayer joining and resulting product
AssigneeReactive Nanotechnologies, Inc.
InventorsDavid Van Heerden, Jesse Newson, Timothy Rude, Omar M. Knio, Timothy P. Weihs
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Abstract
The invention includes a method of joining two components. The method includes providing at least two components to be joined, a reactive multilayer foil, and a compliant element, placing the reactive multilayer foil between the at least two components, applying pressure on the two components in contact with the reactive multilayer foil via a compliant element, and initiating a chemical transformation of the reactive multilayer foil so as to physically join the at least two components. The invention also includes two components joined using the aforementioned method.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- providing at least two components to be joined, a reactive multilayer foil, and a compliant element;
- placing the reactive multilayer foil between the at least two components;
- applying pressure to the at least two components and the reactive multilayer foil via the compliant element;
- initiating a chemical transformation of the reactive multilayer foil so as to physically join the at least two components;
- and
- actively compressing and expanding the compliant element to maintain an applied pressure.
A method, comprising:
- providing at least two components to be joined, a reactive multilayer foil, and a compliant element;
- placing the reactive multilayer foil between the at least two components;
- applying pressure to the at least two components and the reactive multilayer foil via the compliant element;
- initiating a chemical transformation of the reactive multilayer foil so as to physically join the at least two components;
- and
- varying an applied pressure by actively compressing and expanding the compliant element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.