IP Library Granted Patent US 10,835,993
Granted Patent B2
US 10,835,993 · App. 15/745,726 · Granted Nov 17, 2020

Laser welding method

Inventors: Noriyuki Matsuoka (Osaka, JP); Atsuhiro Kawamoto (Hyogo, JP); Junji Fujiwara (Osaka, JP); Tatsuyuki Nakagawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
B23K26/082B23K26/02B23K26/0626B23K26/0876B23K26/21B23K26/244B23K26/32
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Patent No.
US 10,835,993
App. No.
15/745,726
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The laser welding method according to the present disclosure has a first step for forming a weld bead by irradiating an object to be welded with a laser beam along a first helical trajectory around a first center of rotation moving in a welding direction, and a second step for irradiating the object to be welded with a laser beam along a second helical trajectory around a second center of rotation moving in the welding direction. A diameter of rotation of the laser beam in the first step is larger than a diameter of rotation of the laser beam in the second step.

Claims (24)

1. A laser welding method comprising:

a first step for forming a weld bead by irradiating an object to be welded with a laser beam along a first helical trajectory around a first center of rotation moving in a welding direction; and

a second step for irradiating the object to be welded with a laser beam along a second helical trajectory around a second center of rotation moving in the welding direction,

wherein a diameter of rotation of the laser beam in the first step is larger than a diameter of rotation of the laser beam in the second step,

a first weld centerline, as a weld target position, which is a trajectory of the first center of rotation moving in the welding direction in the first step extends along the welding direction,

a second weld centerline, as a weld target position, which is a trajectory of the second center of rotation moving in the welding direction in the second step extends along the welding direction, and

the first weld centerline and the second weld centerline are shifted from each other in one direction in a plan view.

2. The laser welding method according to claim 1 , wherein,

when a direction of rotation of the laser beam in the first step is a clockwise direction as viewed from the laser beam, the second center of rotation in the second step is shifted from the first center of rotation in the first step to a right side with respect to the welding direction, and

when the direction of rotation of the laser beam in the first step is a counterclockwise direction as viewed from the laser beam, the second center of rotation in the second step is shifted to a left side from the first center of rotation in the first step with respect to the welding direction.

3. A laser welding method comprising:

a first step for forming a weld bead by irradiating an object to be welded with a laser beam along a first helical trajectory around a first center of rotation moving in a welding direction; and

a second step for irradiating the object to be welded with a laser beam along a second helical trajectory around a second center of rotation moving in the welding direction,

wherein a diameter of rotation of the laser beam in the first step is larger than a diameter of rotation of the laser beam in the second step,

a direction of rotation of the laser beam in the first step is reverse to a direction of rotation of the laser beam in the second step, and

a welding direction in the first step is same as a welding direction in the second step.

4. A laser welding method comprising:

a first step for forming a weld bead by irradiating an object to be welded with a laser beam along a first helical trajectory around a first center of rotation moving in a welding direction; and

a second step for linearly irradiating the weld bead formed on the object to be welded by the first step with a laser beam along the welding direction, wherein

a first weld centerline, as a weld target position, which is a trajectory of the first center of rotation moving in the welding direction in the first step extends along the welding direction, and

the first weld centerline and a trajectory of the laser beam in the second step are shifted from each other in one direction in a plan view.

5. The laser welding method according to claim 4 , wherein,

when a direction of rotation of the laser beam in the first step is a clockwise direction as viewed from the laser beam, the trajectory of the laser beam in the second step is shifted to a right side from the first center of rotation with respect to the welding direction, and

when the direction of rotation of the laser beam in the first step is a counterclockwise direction as viewed from the laser beam, the trajectory of the laser beam in the second step is shifted to a left side from the first center of rotation with respect to the welding direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2018
From: MATSUOKA, NORIYUKI; KAWAMOTO, ATSUHIRO; FUJIWARA, JUNJI; NAKAGAWA, TATSUYUKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-154931 · Aug 5, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180221989A1 · Aug 9, 2018
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