Pipe joints or couplings – For branched path – T-type
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-01
2005-03-01
Hewitt, James M. (Department: 3679)
Pipe joints or couplings
For branched path
T-type
C285S133300, C029S890148
Reexamination Certificate
active
06860517
ABSTRACT:
A tubular part having a tubular main body and an integral tubular pullout projecting laterally from the side of the main body and in fluid-tight communication therewith is superplastically formed by inserting the tube in a cavity of a die base and heating the die to a temperature at which the material of which the tube is made exhibits superplastic properties. The distal end of a pull-rod is extended through an opening in the die base and through a hole in the side wall aligned with the opening. A pull-die is selected having a cross section larger than the hole and about equal to the desired internal cross section of the tubular protrusion. The pull die is attached to the distal end of the rod and (before or after attachment) is heated to about the superplastic temperature of the tubing material. Linear actuators are operated to pull the rod and attached pull die through the hole at a predetermined rate which produces about an optimal superplastic strain rate for the material, thereby superplastically stretching marginal portions of the tubular body around the hole and forming the tubing material in marginal regions around the hole against surfaces defining the opening in the die base into the tubular pullout integrally joined to the tube around an integral junction region.
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Hammar John C.
Hewitt James M.
The Boeing Company
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