- Patent Title: Spot welding apparatus, spot welding method, and joint structure
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Application No.: US16097496Application Date: 2017-04-27
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Publication No.: US11040413B2Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- Inventor: Ryoji Ohashi , Yoshitaka Muramatsu , Masahiro Miyake , Takuya Fukuda
- Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Kobe
- Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kobe
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JPJP2016-090611 20160428
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/016816 WO 20170427
- International Announcement: WO2017/188399 WO 20171102
- Main IPC: B23K11/11
- IPC: B23K11/11 ; B23K20/12 ; B23K28/02

Abstract:
A spot welding apparatus which performs spot welding of a plurality of plate materials which are lapped to each other, comprises a displacement driving unit which displaces lapped portions of the plurality of plate materials and a tool relatively to each other; a rotation driving unit which rotates the tool; and a controller which controls the displacement driving unit and the rotation driving unit so that the tool is plunged into the lapped portions in a state in which the tool is rotated to perform friction stir spot welding. The controller controls the displacement driving unit so that at least one friction stir spot weld is formed in a region of the lapped portions which is between a plurality of resistance spot welds formed by resistance spot welding.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190143442A1 SPOT WELDING APPARATUS, SPOT WELDING METHOD, AND JOINT STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2019-05-16
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