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Method of fabricating a hollow squarax inner conductor

US4797995A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 1986
Grant dateJan 17, 1989
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49117
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of fabricating hollow square inner conductors having precise outer dimensions is disclosed. A first "u" shaped slot (10) is machined in a base plate (12) and a cover plate (16) is then brazed to the sloted surface (18). The cover plate (16) is machined to provide a first wall (20) of desired thickness. Second and third slots (22, 24) are machined in the base plate (12) parallel to the first slot (10) on opposite sides thereof to provide second and third walls (26, 28) of the hollow conductor (38). A sacrificial metal (30) having a melting point below that of the base plate metal is cast into the second and third slots (22, 24). A fourth wall (36) is formed by machining material from the base plate face (32) opposite the slotted surface (18). The sacrificial metal (30) is then removed to provide the hollow inner conductor (38) having precise outer dimensions (A, B).

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