US PATENT SUBCLASS 228 / 4.1
WITH MEANS TO JUXTAPOSE AND BOND PLURAL WORKPIECES

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228 /   HD   METAL FUSION BONDING

4.1WITH MEANS TO JUXTAPOSE AND BOND PLURAL WORKPIECES {5}
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 {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 228/4.1

(under the class definition) Device, having means for causing relative movement between separate workpieces to position such workpieces in adjacency or engagement and means for fusion bonding one of said workpieces to the other, forming more than one distinct bonded joint.

(1) Note. Multiple "spot" welds along a single pair of meeting faces are not considered to be distinct for this subclass.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

15+, and 49.1+, for a fusion bonding device having means for juxtaposing two portions of a single workpiece.

178+, for a process of forming plural metallurgical joints.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

29, Metal Working, 33+, for the combination of apparatus for producing a fusion bonded product plus apparatus using such product as work in subsequent assembling operation; subclasses 700+, for apparatus for assembling, per se; subclasses 428+, for a corresponding method; and see Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class, The Classes Including Post-Fusion Treatment, in this class (228).