IP Library Granted Patent US 10,307,865
Granted Patent B2
US 10,307,865 · App. 15/111,965 · Granted Jun 4, 2019

Method of manufacturing tube, and tube

Inventors: Tadakazu Sakaguchi (Tokyo, JP); Hirokazu Nishimura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
B23K26/282B23K26/0823F16L13/02F16L13/0245B23K2101/06
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Patent No.
US 10,307,865
App. No.
15/111,965
Granted
Jun 4, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a tube, and a tube, the method comprising the steps of: coupling in position a first tube body and a second tube body by inserting a first insert portion of a connecting pin into an end portion of a first hole of the first tube body and inserting a second insert portion into an end portion of a first hole of the second tube body; welding all around an outer circumferential portion of the coupled portion of the first tube body and the second tube body and all around an inner circumferential portion of the first holes in which the connecting pin is inserted; and removing the connecting pin remaining inside the first hole of the first tube body and the first hole of the second tube body.

Claims (11)

1. A method of manufacturing a tube provided with a first tube body, which includes a plurality of holes, and a second tube body, which includes a plurality of holes, wherein the first tube body and the second tube body are joined, the method comprising the steps of:

coupling in position the first tube body and the second tube body by inserting a first end portion of a connecting pin into an end portion of a hole of the plurality of holes of the first tube body and inserting a second end portion of the connecting pin into an end portion of a hole of the plurality of holes of the second tube body;

welding all around an outer circumferential portion of the coupled portion of the first tube body and the second tube body and all around an inner circumferential portion of the holes in which the connecting pin is inserted; and

removing the connecting pin remaining inside the holes of the first tube body and the second tube body.

2. The method of manufacturing a tube according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting pin remaining inside the holes of the first tube body and the second tube body is cut to a diameter identical to that of the holes of the first tube body and the second tube body.

3. The method of manufacturing a tube according to claim 1 , wherein the first tube body and the second tube body are each provided with a fitting hole of an inner diameter larger than that of the plurality of holes, the fitting hole being a portion of one of the plurality of holes; and

the connecting pin is provided with a pair of insert portions insertable in the holes of the first tube body and the second tube body and a fitting portion fittable with the fitting holes of the first tube body and the second tube body, the fitting portion being disposed between the pair of insert portions.

4. The method of manufacturing a tube according to claim 3 , wherein the coupled portion of the first tube body and the second tube body is welded to a width greater than a length of the fitting portion of the connecting pin.

5. The method of manufacturing a tube according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting pin is a solid member.

6. The method of manufacturing a tube according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of,

subsequently to welding the first tube body and the second tube body, which each include plurality of holes disposed on the outer circumferential portion side spaced at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction, all around the outer circumferential portion of the coupled portion of the first tube body and the second tube body and all around the inner circumferential portion of the plurality of holes into which the connecting pin is inserted, forming a central hole by cutting a center portion of the first tube body and the second tube body to a melt portion.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2016
From: SAKAGUCHI, TADAKAZU; NISHIMURA, HIROKAZU
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 039166/0784 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-010717 · Jan 23, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160332258A1 · Nov 17, 2016