Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Friction stir welding (FSW) tool with adjustable probe length and shoulder groove depth
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Application No.: US17173111Application Date: 2021-02-10
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Publication No.: US11407059B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Sung Jong Choi , Ho Chan Kim
- Applicant: ANDONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeongsangbuk-do
- Assignee: ANDONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee: ANDONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeongsangbuk-do
- Agency: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2020-0079697 20200630
- Main IPC: B23K20/00
- IPC: B23K20/00 ; B23K20/12

Abstract:
Disclosed is a friction stir welding tool with an adjustable probe length and shoulder groove depth, wherein a support shaft, made of a material having low thermal conductivity so as to inhibit thermal conduction between a probe and a shank, is coupled to the center of an upper locking member together with the shank, the probe and inner and outer shoulders are coupled inside a lower part of the upper locking member, and a lower locking member is fastened and fixed to the lower part of the upper locking member, and a washer and a locking nut are fastened to an upper part of the lower locking member, whereby the locking nut pushes the lower locking member via the washer.
Public/Granted literature
- US11453083B2 Friction stir welding (FSW) tool with adjustable probe length and shoulder groove depth Public/Granted day:2022-09-27
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