Process for spot-joining stacked metal foils

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9302343
APP PUB NO 20150183053A1
SERIAL NO

14578970

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Friction stir spot-welding is performed to join together a stack of a plurality of metal foils and a metal sheet by using a double-acting type rotary tool including a hollow member and a pin member which are movable independently of each other in their axial directions, and a clamp member which is fitted on an outer circumferential surface of the hollow member and which is movable in its axial direction. While an outer annular part of a portion to be friction-stirred is pressed with the clamp member, the pin member is inserted into the above-described portion and the hollow member is retracted, whereby a metal mass is accommodated within a space formed between the above-described portion and the hollow member. Then, the hollow member is advanced to press the metal mass into a hole formed by retraction of the pin member, whereby the hole is filled with the metal mass.

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KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA1-1 HIGASHIKAWASAKI-CHO 3-CHOME CHUO-KU KOBE-SHI HYOGO 6508670 ?6508670
OBARA CORPORATIONYAMANASHI

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hayafuji, Kenji Fuefuki, JP 4 31
Kumagai, Masaki Tokyo, JP 23 255
Mori, Arinobu Fuefuki, JP 3 20
Okada, Hideki Kagamihara, JP 148 614

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