INTERLOCKING STRUCTURE WITH INTEGRATED SECURING REGIONS FOR HEAT TREATING METAL PARTS

• Main Authors: WALTERS, ALICIA, FAYE, GAHAGAN, JASON, WARWICK, WILLIAM, SCOTT, SCHEIBEL, THORSTEN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 20.08.2015
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS,IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KINDOF FURNACE; FURNACES; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUSMETALS OR ALLOYS; HEATING; KILNS; LIGHTING; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE BY DECARBURISATION, TEMPERING OR OTHERTREATMENTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; METALLURGY OF IRON; MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; OVENS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RETORTS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

Disclosed herein is an interlocking structure. Method(s) of making, assembling and/or using the structure are also disclosed. In accordance with least some embodiments, the structure includes: a frame; a plurality of first members arranged approximately parallel to each other and secured to the frame, each first member comprising a body, a plurality of slots and a plurality of raised teeth; a plurality of second members arranged approximately parallel to each other and secured to the frame, each second member comprising a body, a plurality of slots and, optionally, a plurality of raised teeth, wherein the slots of the first members correspond to and interlock with the slots of the second members such that the first and second members intersect; and a plurality of securing regions, each securing region comprising a raised tooth. The frame, at least one first member and/or at least one second member can comprise a carbon fiber composite material. L'invention concerne une structure de verrouillage par emboîtement. L'invention concerne également un ou plusieurs procédés de fabrication, d'assemblage et/ou d'utilisation de la structure. Selon au moins certains modes de réalisation, la structure comprend : un cadre; une pluralité de premiers éléments approximativement parallèles les uns par rapport aux autres et fixés au cadre, chaque premier élément comprenant un corps, une pluralité de fentes et une pluralité de dents surélevées; une pluralité de seconds éléments approximativement parallèles les uns par rapport aux autres et fixés au cadre, chaque second élément comprenant un corps, une pluralité de fentes et, éventuellement, une pluralité de dents surélevées, les fentes des premiers éléments correspondant aux fentes des seconds éléments et s'imbriquant dans les fentes des seconds éléments de telle manière que les premiers et seconds éléments se croisent; et une pluralité de régions de fixation, chaque région de fixation comportant une dent surélevée. Le cadre, au moins un premier élément et/ou au moins un second élément peuvent comprendre un matériau composite de fibre de carbone.