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Friction stir welding tool

Granted 26 Jul 2016 · 3 office actions

Assignee: Transphorm Japan, Inc.

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Inventors: Ai Masuda, Kenji Hashimoto, Takeshi Ishikawa, Shigeki Matsuoka +1 · Examiner: Patricia Palasik · AU 2918 · TC 2900

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29/411,890
filed 27 Jan 2012
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Patent
US D762253
granted 26 Jul 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a friction stir welding tool of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the friction stir welding tool of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the friction stir welding tool of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the friction stir welding tool of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the friction stir welding tool of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the friction stir welding tool of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the friction stir welding tool of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is an enlarged VIII-VIII sectional view of the I-I portion of the friction stir welding tool of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 9 is a reference enlarged view of the II-II portion of the friction stir welding tool of FIG. 7 .

The features shown in broken lines depict environmental subject matter only and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/144

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