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US 7,819,304 B2Granted
Solid brazed laminate structures
AssigneeCommando Lock LLC
InventorPatrick Smith
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Abstract
An example method of manufacturing a solid brazed laminate structure includes stacking a first lamina on a second lamina with an interfacial spacing between them, aligning mating portions of the first lamina and the second lamina, and introducing a braze material at least partially into the interfacial spacing to join the first lamina and the second lamina together. One example solid brazed laminate structure includes a lock assembly. Another example solid brazed structure includes a gear assembly.
Claims11
A method of manufacturing a solid brazed laminate structure, comprising:
- (a) placing a first lamina adjacent to a second lamina with an interfacial spacing between the first lamina and the second lamina such that an opening in the first lamina aligns with an opening in the second lamina;
- interlocking plurality of tab members that are located adjacent to comers of the first lamina with four corresponding openings that are located adjacent to comers of the second lamina to secure the first lamina and the second lamina together;
- (b) introducing a braze material at least partially into the interfacial spacing;
- (c) melting the braze material to form a liquid braze material;
- (d) flowing the liquid braze material into the interfacial spacing;
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- (e) cooling the liquid braze material to join the first lamina and the second lamina together as at least a portion of a padlock body with the aligned openings at least partially forming a cavity for a padlock locking mechanism.
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