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Laminate bonding methods for nonferrous metallic fluidic devices
Assignee: Garrett Corp
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Filing: 1986-07-02
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Granted: 1987-10-27
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Expires: 2006-07-02
Abstract
Abstract A laminated aluminum fluidic device is constructed by sequentially coating the facing side surfaces of the aluminum laminae with layers of zinc, nickel and solder, positioning the facing pairs of solder layers in intimate contact, and heating the coated laminae to fuse the facing solder layers.
Inventors
- 👤 Bela Bunkoczy
- 👤 James A. Wendorff
- 👤 Walt W. Battin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 20:05
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23K; B23K35/00; B23K35/001; B23K35/005; B23K35/002; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12493; Y10T428/12632; Y10T428/12681; Y10T428/12708; Y10T428/12722; Y10T428/12736; Y10T428/12771; Y10T428/12785; Y10T428/12792; Y10T428/12806
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
90 words
A method of bonding a duality of aluminum or titanium metallic fluidic laminae each having a side surface, said method comprising the steps of: (a) coating each of the side surfaces with a layer of zinc; (b) coating each of the zinc layers with a layer of nickel; (c) coating each of the nickel layers with a layer of solder material; (d) positioning the solder material layers in intimate contact; and (e) fusing the contacting solder material layers by heating the coated laminae without appreciably softening the metallic fluidic laminae.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
90 words
A method of bonding a duality of aluminum or titanium metallic fluidic laminae each having a side surface, said method comprising the steps of: (a) coating each of the side surfaces with a layer of zinc; (b) coating each of the zinc layers with a layer of nickel; (c) coating each of the nickel layers with a layer of solder material; (d) positioning the solder material layers in intimate contact; and (e) fusing the contacting solder material layers by heating the coated laminae without appreciably softening the metallic fluidic laminae.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said coating step (b) is performed by depositing nickel sulfamate on each of said side surfaces to a thickness of between approximately 0.00010 inch to approximately 0.00015 inch.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said coating step (c) is performed by depositing indium on each of the nickel layers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 3 wherein said coating step (c) is performed by electrodepositing indium on each of the nickel layers to a thickness of between approximately 0.000030 inch and approximately 0.000060 inch.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said coating step (c) is performed by depositing tin on each of the nickel layers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 5 wherein said coating step (c) is performed by electrodepositing tin on each of the nickel layers to a thickness of between approximately 0.000050 inch to approximately 0.000100 inch.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step (e) is performed by a fluxless soldering process.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
An intersecured duality of nonferrous metallic laminae produced by the method of claim 1.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
86 words
A method of manufacturing a fluidic device comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of aluminum laminae each having a side surface; (b) zinc immersion coating said side surfaces; (c) nickel plating the zinc coating by depositing nickel sulfamate to a thickness of from approximately 0.00010 inch to approximately 0.00015 inch; (d) electrodepositing a layer of solder material on the nickel plating; (e) positioning the solder layers against one another; and (f) utilizing a fluxless solder process to fuse the solder layers to one another.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
86 words
A method of manufacturing a fluidic device comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of aluminum laminae each having a side surface; (b) zinc immersion coating said side surfaces; (c) nickel plating the zinc coating by depositing nickel sulfamate to a thickness of from approximately 0.00010 inch to approximately 0.00015 inch; (d) electrodepositing a layer of solder material on the nickel plating; (e) positioning the solder layers against one another; and (f) utilizing a fluxless solder process to fuse the solder layers to one another.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method of claim 9 wherein said providing step (a) is performed by providing a plurality of aluminum laminae, and said electrodepositing step (d) is performed by electrodepositing a layer of indium on the nickel plating to a thickness of from approximately 0.000030 inch to approximately 0.000060 inch using an indium sulfamate solution and pure indium anodes.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 10 wherein said utilizing step (f) includes heating the layers of indium to a temperature of between approximately 320° F. and approximately 350° F. for approximatley ten to twenty minutes.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 9 wherein said providing step (a) is performed by providing a plurality of aluminum laminae, and said electrodepositing step (d) is performed by electrodepositing a layer of tin on the nickel plating to a thickness of from approximately 0.000050 inch to approximately 0.000100 inch.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 12 wherein said utilizing step (f) includes heating the layers of tin to a temperature of between approximately 450° F. and approximately 500° F. for approximately ten to twenty minutes.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
10 words
A fluidic device manufactured by the method of claim 9.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
107 words
A method of manufacturing an aluminum fluidic device comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of aluminum laminae, each having a side surface and a softening point temperature; (b) securing onto each of the side surfaces, a first layer containing zinc, a second layer containing nickel, and a third layer containing a metallic bonding material selected from the group of solders comprising tin or indium and having a melting point temperature significantly lower than said softening point temperature; (c) positioning said bonding material layers in intimate contact; and (d) fusing the contacting bonding material layers by heating them to a temperature below said softening point temperature.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
107 words
A method of manufacturing an aluminum fluidic device comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of aluminum laminae, each having a side surface and a softening point temperature; (b) securing onto each of the side surfaces, a first layer containing zinc, a second layer containing nickel, and a third layer containing a metallic bonding material selected from the group of solders comprising tin or indium and having a melting point temperature significantly lower than said softening point temperature; (c) positioning said bonding material layers in intimate contact; and (d) fusing the contacting bonding material layers by heating them to a temperature below said softening point temperature.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 15 wherein said securing step (b) is performed by sequentially coating each of said side surfaces with layers of zinc, nickel sulfamate and indium sulfamate.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 15 wherein said securing step (b) is performed by sequentially coating each of said side surfaces with layers of zinc, nickel sulfamate and tin based solder.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
11 words
An aluminum fluidic device manufactured by the method of claim 15.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
43 words
A fluidic device comprising a plurality of titanium fluidic laminae having facing side surfaces to each of which are sequentially adhered a layer of zinc, a layer of nickel and a layer of solder, said layers of solder being fused to each other.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
43 words
A fluidic device comprising a plurality of titanium fluidic laminae having facing side surfaces to each of which are sequentially adhered a layer of zinc, a layer of nickel and a layer of solder, said layers of solder being fused to each other.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
11 words
The fluidic device of claim 19 wherein said solder is indium.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
11 words
The fluidic device of claim 19 wherein said solder is tin.
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