Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Friction stir welding tool
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Application No.: US16835445Application Date: 2020-03-31
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Publication No.: US11376688B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Nobuyuki Funahira , Takuya Miyamoto , Ryo Kawahara , Akiyoshi Miyawaki , Mitsuru Sayama , Keisuke Tsuta , Yasumasa Hyodo
- Applicant: NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP. , HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo; JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP.,HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP.,HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo; JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JPJP2019-070980 20190403
- Main IPC: B23K20/00
- IPC: B23K20/00 ; B23K20/12

Abstract:
The disclosure provides a friction stir welding tool which can inhibit chipping even if an adhesion matter having high hardness adheres to a tip thereof during friction stir welding of an iron-base alloy and an aluminum alloy. In the tool for friction stir welding made of high-speed tool steel that includes a minor diameter portion and a major diameter portion formed adjacently to the minor diameter portion, hardness of the tool decreases from the minor diameter portion toward the major diameter portion. The hardness of the minor diameter portion may be 65 HRC or more by Rockwell hardness C-scale, and the hardness of the major diameter portion may be 60 HRC or less by Rockwell hardness C-scale.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200316710A1 FRICTION STIR WELDING TOOL Public/Granted day:2020-10-08
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