Dual walled titanium tubing and methods of manufacturing the tubing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9810348-B2
Application number	US-201615215916-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 21, 2016
Priority date	Feb 11, 2015
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

Within examples, a method of manufacturing a double-walled titanium conduit is described. Example methods include stitch welding multiple concentric sheets to form a stitch layer, providing the stitch layer between an inner wall and an outer wall of the double-walled titanium conduit, circumferentially seam welding the inner wall and the outer wall to the stitch layer to create a welded assembly, die forming the welded assembly at temperature and pressure to form inner structures between the multiple concentric sheets according to stitch welding lines and to enable a diffusion bond process among the inner wall, the stitch layer, and the outer wall, and removing the double-walled titanium conduit from the die.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A double-walled titanium tube structure, comprising:
an inner wall and an outer wall with a plurality of stiffeners extending between the inner wall and the outer wall;
wherein the plurality of stiffeners are aligned both axially and radially, and the plurality of stiffeners are diffusion bonded to the inner wall and the outer wall, wherein the plurality of stiffeners are based on stitch welding seamless tubings to create a stitch pattern resulting in individual cells; and
a perimeter weld circumferentially enclosing an end of the inner wall and the outer wall.

2. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 1 , wherein the inner wall and the outer wall comprise a unitary tube with no fasteners resulting from multiple concentric tubes of titanium resistance welded prior to die forming at temperature and pressure.

3. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of stiffeners provide a continuous internal load path.

4. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of stiffeners are based on stitch welding seamless tubings with a rolled tubing seam welder to create the stitch pattern and pressurizing the welded seamless tubings to form inner structures according to the stitch pattern.

5. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of stiffeners are based on stitch welding seamless tubings to create the stitch pattern with a number of parallel lines that run along a length of the seamless tubings.

6. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of stiffeners are based on stitch welding seamless tubings to create the stitch pattern with a number of parallel lines that run along a width of the seamless tubings.

7. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 1 , wherein the stitch welding creates the stitch pattern that forms a size and shape of the plurality of stiffeners.

8. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 1 , wherein the seamless tubings have approximately matching diameters to enable contact during the stitch welding.

9. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 1 , wherein the stitch pattern is created along a length of the seamless tubings.

10. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 1 , wherein the inner wall and the outer wall are diffusion bonded.

11. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 1 , wherein the double-walled titanium tube structure has an elliptical shape.

12. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 1 , wherein the double-walled titanium tube structure has a cylindrical shape.

13. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 1 , wherein the double-walled titanium tube structure has a curved cross section.

14. A double-walled titanium tube structure, comprising:
an inner wall and an outer wall with a plurality of stiffeners extending between the inner wall and the outer wall; and
wherein the plurality of stiffeners are aligned both axially and radially, and the plurality of stiffeners are diffusion bonded to the inner wall and the outer wall, and wherein the plurality of stiffeners are based on stitch welding the inner wall and the outer wall of seamless tubings to create a stitch pattern with a number of parallel lines that run along a length of the seamless tubings and a number of parallel lines that run along a width of the seamless tubings resulting in individual cells defined by the stitch pattern; and
a perimeter weld circumferentially enclosing an end of the inner wall and the outer wall.

15. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 14 , wherein the inner wall and the outer wall comprise a unitary tube with no fasteners resulting from multiple concentric tubes of titanium resistance welded prior to die forming at temperature and pressure.

16. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 14 , wherein the stitch welding creates the stitch pattern that forms a size and shape of the plurality of stiffeners.

17. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 14 , wherein the seamless tubings have approximately matching diameters to enable contact during the stitch welding.

18. The double-walled titanium tube structure of claim 14 , wherein the inner wall and the outer wall are diffusion bonded.

Assignees

• Boeing Co

Inventors

• Rust Charles W

Classifications

• B21C37/09 Primary

  of coated strip material {; Making multi-wall tubes} · CPC title

• B23K2103/14

  Titanium or alloys thereof · CPC title

• B23K31/027

  Making tubes by soldering or welding · CPC title

• B23K20/02

  by means of a press {; Diffusion bonding} · CPC title

• F16L9/18 Primary

  Double-walled pipes; Multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies · CPC title