US Patent Class 228
METAL FUSION BONDING
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| DF | CLASS NOTES | |
| 101 | DF | PROCESS |
| 102 | DF | .~ With condition responsive, program, or timing control |
| 103 | DF | .~ With measuring, testing, indicating, inspecting, or illuminating |
| 104 | DF | .~.~ Nondestructive testing |
| 105 | DF | .~.~ Using optical viewing means (e.g., microscope) |
| 106 | DF | .~ Using a compliant cushioning medium |
| 107 | DF | .~ Using explosive energy |
| 108 | DF | .~.~ Specific rate of explosive burn or approach of preforms |
| 109 | DF | .~.~ Critical spacing between preforms |
| 110.1 | DF | .~ Using high frequency vibratory energy (e.g., ultrasonic) |
| 111 | DF | .~.~ With treating other than heating |
| 111.5 | DF | .~.~ Soldering or liquid phase bonding |
| 112.1 | DF | .~ Using dynamic frictional energy (i.e., friction welding) |
| 113 | DF | .~.~ Inertia type |
| 114 | DF | .~.~ With treating other than heating |
| 114.5 | DF | .~.~ By rotating one work surface relative to another about an axis |
| 115 | DF | .~ Using only pressure (e.g., cold welding) |
| 116 | DF | .~.~ With pretreating of work |
| 117 | DF | .~.~ Cold rolling |
| 118 | DF | .~ Using bond inhibiting separating material |
| 119 | DF | .~ Repairing, restoring, or renewing product for reuse |
| 120 | DF | .~ Mechanically joining metal/nonmetal and bonding to the metal |
| 121 | DF | .~ Bonding nonmetals with metallic filler |
| 122.1 | DF | .~ Metal to nonmetal with separate metallic filler |
| 123.1 | DF | .~.~ Semiconductor-type nonmetallic material |
| 124.1 | DF | .~.~ With treating |
| 124.5 | DF | .~.~ Active or reactive filler component |
| 124.6 | DF | .~.~ Forming hermetic seal (e.g., welding lid to container) |
| 124.7 | DF | .~.~ Forming joint of rotary shaft |
| 125 | DF | .~ With removing or reshaping of filler material or flash after bonding |
| 126 | DF | .~ Encasing a rodlike core within a substantially coextensive tube by complete bonding therebetween |
| 127 | DF | .~.~ Thermally induced pressure weld |
| 128 | DF | .~.~ With mechanical interlock |
| 129 | DF | .~.~ By bending planar part to form tube around rodlike core |
| 130 | DF | .~.~.~ Progressively |
| 131 | DF | .~.~ By fitting rodlike core within tube |
| 132 | DF | .~.~.~ Joining through filler |
| 133 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Preplacing solid tubular filler |
| 134 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Applying molten filler from top reservoir |
| 135 | DF | .~ With supplementary mechanical joining |
| 136 | DF | .~.~ Deforming of work part |
| 137 | DF | .~.~.~ Lock seaming |
| 138 | DF | .~.~ Attaching of bridge or tie member |
| 139 | DF | .~.~ Using separate fastener |
| 140 | DF | .~.~.~ Threaded fastener |
| 141.1 | DF | .~ With shaping |
| 142 | DF | .~.~ Corner mitering |
| 143 | DF | .~.~ Of multilayer tube from single web |
| 144 | DF | .~.~ And edge joining of one piece blank or strip |
| 145 | DF | .~.~.~ To form helically seamed tube |
| 146 | DF | .~.~.~ Progressively bending and joining |
| 147 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Forming indefinite length member |
| 148 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Sheathing, cable or wire |
| 149 | DF | .~.~.~ Uniform thickness thin blank or strip |
| 150 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Elongated seam |
| 151 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Butt joining |
| 152 | DF | .~.~.~ Irregular thick blank or strip |
| 153 | DF | .~.~ Lap joining of parts of nonplanar surfaces |
| 154 | DF | .~.~.~ For telescoping sleeve |
| 155 | DF | .~.~ Subsequent to bonding |
| 156 | DF | .~.~.~ Drawing elongated member through die |
| 157 | DF | .~.~.~ Spreading or expanding work between bond joints (e.g., honeycomb or heat exchanger making, etc.) |
| 158 | DF | .~.~.~ Rolling |
| 159 | DF | .~.~.~ Removing of material |
| 160 | DF | .~.~.~.~ By cutting |
| 161 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Producing internal cavity, aperture, or opening |
| 162 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Abrading |
| 163 | DF | .~.~.~.~ By melting |
| 164 | DF | .~.~ Prior to bonding |
| 165 | DF | .~.~.~ Forming channel, groove, or aperture for reception of filler material |
| 166 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Elongated seam |
| 167 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Planar intersecting channel walls |
| 168 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Annular seam |
| 169 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Having U-shaped or curved cross section |
| 170 | DF | .~.~.~ By cutting |
| 171 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Producing opposed complementary matching bonding surface |
| 172 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Abrading |
| 173.1 | DF | .~.~.~ By deforming |
| 173.2 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Pressing first work part against second work part |
| 173.3 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Preforming work faying surface |
| 173.4 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Tube or frame member |
| 173.5 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Rod, bar, or wirelike object |
| 173.6 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Sheet material |
| 173.7 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Continuously feeding sheet material |
| 174 | DF | .~.~.~ Forming channel, groove, or aperture |
| 265 | DF | .~.~ With concurrent bonding |
| 175 | DF | .~ Plural diverse bonding |
| 176 | DF | .~ Combined |
| 177 | DF | .~ Alternative bonding |
| 178 | DF | .~ Plural joints |
| 179.1 | DF | .~.~ Of electrical device (e.g., semiconductor) |
| 180.1 | DF | .~.~.~ Simultaneous bonding of multiple joints (e.g., dip soldering of printed circuit boards) |
| 180.21 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Component terminal to substrate surface (i.e., nonpenetrating terminal) |
| 180.22 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Lead-less (or "bumped") device |
| 180.5 | DF | .~.~.~ Wire bonding |
| 181 | DF | .~.~ Honeycomb structure |
| 182 | DF | .~.~ Of mechanical article |
| 183 | DF | .~.~.~ Heat exchanger structure |
| 184 | DF | .~.~.~ Pressure vessels, tanks, and container-type structures |
| 185 | DF | .~.~ Noncoextensive lamina to common base in regular pattern |
| 186 | DF | .~.~ Preliminary sealing of joints |
| 187 | DF | .~.~ Separate successive bonds at different temperatures |
| 188 | DF | .~.~ Including nonmetallic base |
| 189 | DF | .~.~ Using bridge or spacer |
| 190 | DF | .~.~ Of concurrently bonded stacked laminae |
| 191 | DF | .~ With disassembling of bonded joint (e.g., desoldering) |
| 192 | DF | .~ Chain link |
| 193 | DF | .~ Diffusion type |
| 194 | DF | .~.~ Using intermediate diffusion facilitating material |
| 195 | DF | .~.~ With incipient melting of bonding surface |
| 196 | DF | .~ Autogenous fusion |
| 197 | DF | .~.~ With diffusion of atoms or nuclear particles |
| 198 | DF | .~ Chemical reaction produces filler material in situ |
| 199 | DF | .~ With subsequent treating other than heating of bonded parts and/or filler material |
| 200 | DF | .~.~ Cooling under particular conditions |
| 201 | DF | .~.~ Cleaning |
| 202 | DF | .~.~.~ Chemical |
| 203 | DF | .~ With pretreating other than heating or cooling of work part of filler prior to bonding and any application of filler |
| 204 | DF | .~.~ Applying porous or capillary feed material |
| 205 | DF | .~.~ Cleaning |
| 206 | DF | .~.~.~ Chemical |
| 207 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Applying flux |
| 208 | DF | .~.~ Applying preliminary bond facilitating metal coating |
| 209 | DF | .~.~.~ Chemical deposition |
| 210 | DF | .~.~.~ Mechanically secured |
| 211 | DF | .~.~ Chemical |
| 212 | DF | .~ With clamping or holding |
| 213 | DF | .~.~ And unclamping |
| 214 | DF | .~ With protecting of work or filler or applying flux |
| 215 | DF | .~.~ By confining filler |
| 216 | DF | .~.~.~ Using backup means |
| 217 | DF | .~.~ Using getter |
| 218 | DF | .~.~ Using gas, vapor, vacuum, or reactive flame |
| 219 | DF | .~.~.~ Gas or vapor |
| 220 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Reducing gas |
| 221 | DF | .~.~.~ Vacuum |
| 222 | DF | .~.~ Using cooling means (e.g., heat sink or barrier) |
| 223 | DF | .~.~ Applying flux |
| 224 | DF | .~.~.~ Flux affixed to or incorporated with filler |
| 225 | DF | .~ Plural filler applying |
| 226 | DF | .~.~ Diverse fillers |
| 227 | DF | .~ Plural heat applying |
| 228 | DF | .~.~ And applying pressure |
| 229 | DF | .~.~ Separate and distinct heating of work and filler |
| 230 | DF | .~.~ Diverse heating |
| 231 | DF | .~.~ Including post-heating |
| 232 | DF | .~.~ Including preheating |
| 233.1 | DF | .~ Specific rate of varying pressure or schedule of distinct pressures |
| 233.2 | DF | .~ Specific rate of varying temperature or schedule of distinct temperatures |
| 234.1 | DF | .~ Specific mode of heating or applying pressure |
| 234.2 | DF | .~.~ Vapor phase heating |
| 234.3 | DF | .~.~ Exothermic reaction heating |
| 235.1 | DF | .~.~ Mode of applying pressure |
| 235.2 | DF | .~.~.~ Roll bonding |
| 235.3 | DF | .~.~.~.~ At specific temperature level |
| 244 | DF | .~ Feeding unfused filler into fusing contact with work part |
| 245 | DF | .~ Preplacing solid filler |
| 246 | DF | .~.~ Particular size or shape |
| 247 | DF | .~.~.~ Indefinite length |
| 248.1 | DF | .~.~ Applied in powdered or particulate form |
| 248.5 | DF | .~.~.~ Nonhomogeneous metal filler particles |
| 249 | DF | .~.~ Joint interposed |
| 250 | DF | .~.~.~ Butt |
| 251 | DF | .~.~.~ Lap |
| 252 | DF | .~.~.~ Coextensive sheet |
| 253 | DF | .~.~.~ Attaching filler to work part |
| 254 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Adherent solid layer or coating (e.g., pretinned) |
| 255 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Mechanically secured |
| 256 | DF | .~ Applying or distributing fused filler |
| 257 | DF | .~.~ By gravity |
| 258 | DF | .~.~ By capillary action |
| 259 | DF | .~.~ By immersing in stagnant pool |
| 260 | DF | .~.~ Using pumped stream or jet |
| 261 | DF | .~.~ Using spray |
| 262 | DF | .~.~ With agitating or vibrating (e.g., using ultrasonic energy) |
| 262.1 | DF | .~ Critical work component, temperature, or pressure |
| 262.2 | DF | .~.~ Nonmetal work component without metallic filler |
| 262.21 | DF | .~.~.~ Solid state bonding |
| 262.3 | DF | .~.~ Nickel or cobalt member |
| 262.31 | DF | .~.~.~ Brazing or soldering |
| 262.4 | DF | .~.~ Ferrous metal member |
| 262.41 | DF | .~.~.~ Steel member |
| 262.42 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Brazing or soldering |
| 262.43 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ And nonferrous metal member |
| 262.44 | DF | .~.~.~.~ And nonferrous metal member |
| 262.45 | DF | .~.~.~ Brazing or soldering |
| 262.5 | DF | .~.~ Aluminum or magnesium member |
| 262.51 | DF | .~.~.~ Brazing or soldering |
| 262.6 | DF | .~.~ Copper or noble metal member |
| 262.61 | DF | .~.~.~ Brazing or soldering |
| 262.7 | DF | .~.~ Refractory metal member |
| 262.71 | DF | .~.~.~ Titanium or zirconium member |
| 262.72 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Brazing or soldering |
| 262.8 | DF | .~.~.~ Brazing or soldering |
| 262.9 | DF | .~.~ Brazing or soldering |
| 264 | DF | PROCESS OF DISASSEMBLING BONDED SURFACES, PER SE (E.G., DESOLDERING) |
| 1.1 | DF | MEANS TO APPLY VIBRATORY SOLID-STATE BONDING ENERGY (E.G., ULTRASONIC, ETC.) TO WORK |
| 2.1 | DF | INCLUDING MEANS TO PROVIDE HEAT BY FRICTION BETWEEN RELATIVELY MOVING SURFACES (I.E., FRICTION WELDER) |
| 2.3 | DF | .~ Means to rotate one surface relative to the other about a fixed axis |
| 2.5 | DF | EXPLOSIVE WELDING MEANS |
| 3.1 | DF | MEANS TO BOND BY APPLYING ONLY PRESSURE (E.G., FOR COLD WELDING, ETC.) |
| 4.1 | DF | WITH MEANS TO JUXTAPOSE AND BOND PLURAL WORKPIECES |
| 4.5 | DF | .~ Wire lead bonder |
| 5.1 | DF | .~ With means to treat workpieces (e.g., cutting, deforming, etc.) |
| 5.5 | DF | .~ Including compliant cushioning medium |
| 5.7 | DF | .~ Strip leading end to trailing end bonder |
| 6.1 | DF | .~ Plural discrete workpieces |
| 6.2 | DF | .~.~ With electrical connection made at joint |
| 7 | DF | WITH MACHINE PART RESPONSIVE TO TEMPLATE OR PATTERN OR TO INDICIA CARRIED BY AUXILIARY RECORD (E.G., TAPE, CARD, ETC.) |
| 8 | DF | WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SENSED CONDITION |
| 9 | DF | .~ Work-responsive (e.g., temperature, orientation of work, etc.) |
| 10 | DF | .~.~ Presence of work |
| 11 | DF | .~.~.~ To control feed of filler |
| 12 | DF | .~ Responsive to position of work carrier |
| 13 | DF | WITH MEANS TO CUT OR SEPARATE WORK, FILLER, FLUX, OR PRODUCT |
| 14 | DF | .~ Plus means to apply cut filler or cut flux to work |
| 15.1 | DF | WITH MEANS TO DEFORM WORK, FILLER, OR FLUX PORTION BEFORE FUSION |
| 16 | DF | .~ By a funnel-shaped conduit (e.g., welding bell, etc.) |
| 17 | DF | .~ By roller means |
| 17.5 | DF | .~ Comprising means forming one-piece blank into a tubular shape |
| 17.7 | DF | .~.~ Helical tubular shape |
| 18 | DF | COMBINED |
| 19 | DF | WITH MEANS TO REMOVE, COMPACT, OR SHAPE APPLIED FLUX OR FILLER |
| 20.1 | DF | .~ By fluid blast or suction |
| 20.5 | DF | .~.~ Hand tool |
| 21 | DF | .~ With shield or guide for removed material |
| 22 | DF | .~ Including wiper |
| 23 | DF | .~.~ Comprising endless wiper |
| 24 | DF | INCLUDING REPETITIVE IMPACT FUSION-BONDING MEANS |
| 25 | DF | INCLUDING APPLICATOR MOVABLE DURING FUSION |
| 26 | DF | .~ Including "flying" applicator engaging moving work |
| 27 | DF | .~ With lateral oscillation along path of seam |
| 28 | DF | .~ Reciprocatory or oscillatory motion |
| 29 | DF | .~ Orbital or plane curvilinear motion |
| 30 | DF | .~.~ Of roller applicator |
| 31 | DF | .~.~.~ With associated bath of liquid flux or filler |
| 32 | DF | .~ Means to move applicator |
| 33 | DF | INCLUDING MEANS TO APPLY FLUX OR FILLER TO WORK OR APPLICATOR |
| 34 | DF | .~ With means to skim dross |
| 35 | DF | .~ By brush, wick, or pad |
| 36 | DF | .~ By partial or total immersion of work or applicator into liquid |
| 37 | DF | .~.~ Flowing flux or filler (e.g., wave former, etc.) |
| 38 | DF | .~.~ With means to roll or orbit work portion |
| 39 | DF | .~.~ With means to mask or stop work |
| 40 | DF | .~.~ Comprising work immersion |
| 41 | DF | .~ Solid flux or solid filler |
| 42 | DF | .~ Gaseous flux |
| 43 | DF | .~ Moving work |
| 44.3 | DF | INCLUDING MEANS TO FORCE OR CLAMP WORK PORTIONS TOGETHER DURING BONDING |
| 44.5 | DF | .~ Comprising tube aligning means |
| 44.7 | DF | .~ Work portion comprises electrical component |
| 45 | DF | INCLUDING MEANS TO MOVE OR GUIDE APPLICATOR |
| 46 | DF | WITH MEANS TO COOL WORK OR PRODUCT |
| 47.1 | DF | WITH MEANS TO HANDLE WORK OR PRODUCT |
| 48 | DF | .~ Including means to rotate cylindrical work |
| 49.1 | DF | .~ Including means to orient work or position work portion relative to another work portion |
| 49.2 | DF | .~.~ Means to rotate work and to position work about a different axis |
| 49.3 | DF | .~.~ Pipe joint aligner |
| 49.4 | DF | .~.~ Sheet aligner |
| 49.5 | DF | .~ Work portion comprises electrical component |
| 49.6 | DF | .~ Work portion comprises can body |
| 50 | DF | SEAM BACKUP MEANS |
| 51 | DF | METALLIC HEAT APPLICATOR (E.G., SOLDERING IRON, ETC.) |
| 52 | DF | .~ With means to handle flux or filler |
| 53 | DF | .~.~ With means to heat applicator |
| 54 | DF | .~ Tip or head alloy or polymetallic structure |
| 55 | DF | .~ Adjustable or detachable head or tip |
| 56.1 | DF | SPECIALIZED POT |
| 56.2 | DF | .~ Having means to treat flux or filler |
| 56.3 | DF | SOLDER FORM |
| 56.5 | DF | WITH SIGNAL, INDICATOR, GAUGE, OR STOP |
| 57 | DF | MISCELLANEOUS |
| 58 | DF | APPARATUS FOR BONDING BATTERIES (I.E., PLURAL CELLS) |
| 59 | DF | HEAT SHIELD |
| 60 | DF | TUBE END CLOSING |
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| CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS | ||
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| 901 | DF | PROCESS OF BONDING BATTERIES |
| 902 | DF | USING FLAME |
| 903 | DF | METAL TO NONMETAL |
| 904 | DF | WIRE BONDING |