IP Library Patent Application 19353324
Patent Application
App. No. 19/353,324

REPAIRING LASER WELDING METHOD AND REPAIRING LASER WELDING DEVICE

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App. No.
19/353,324
Abstract

Irradiation with a laser beam is performed along a welding bead, while the laser beam is aimed, as an irradiation point of the laser beam, at a contact point between a deck plate and a U-rib that is contained in a non-welded portion of a root part, from a side of the welding bead of the root part. Thereby, it is possible to remove a crack beginning at the non-welded portion of the root part generated at a joining portion between the deck plate and the U-rib of a steel floor slab, by the irradiation with the laser beam.

Claims (20)

1 - 17 . (canceled)

18 . A repairing laser welding device that melts and eliminates a crack by irradiation with a laser beam, the crack being generated beginning at a non-welded portion of a root part between a first welded material and a second welded material obliquely joined to a surface of the first welded material by fillet welding, the repairing laser welding device comprising:

a laser oscillator;

a laser head that performs irradiation with the laser beam supplied from the laser oscillator; and

a head drive mechanism that moves the laser head along a welding bead at the root part, wherein

the head drive mechanism includes a rail and a carriage that is equipped with the laser head and that runs on the rail, and the rail is fixed with reference to both a surface of the first welded material to which the second welded material is joined and the second welded material, such that an irradiation point of the laser beam is a contact point between the first welded material and the second welded material, the laser beam being emitted from the laser head that is moved along the welding bead together with the carriage, the contact point being contained in the non-welded portion of the root part.

19 . The repairing laser welding device according to claim 18 , wherein

the rail of the head drive mechanism has an angle steel shape including a vertical plate material and a horizontal plate material that are coupled so as to be capable of being separated from each other,

positioning and fixing of the vertical plate material of the rail are performed with reference to the second welded material,

positioning and fixing of the horizontal plate material of the rail are performed with reference to the surface of the first welded material to which the second welded material is joined, with respect to the vertical plate material fixed with reference to the second welded material, and

the horizontal plate material of the rail is formed as a running path on which the carriage of the head drive mechanism runs while being guided by the vertical plate material, the carriage being placed on the horizontal plate material.

20 . (canceled)

21 . The repairing laser welding device according to claim 18 , further comprising a weaving mechanism that performs weaving with the laser beam in a direction crossing the welding bead.

22 . The repairing laser welding device according to claim 19 , further comprising a weaving mechanism that performs weaving with the laser beam in a direction crossing the welding bead.

23 . (canceled)

24 . The repairing laser welding device according to claim 18 , wherein the irradiation point of the laser beam is set such that at least an outer edge of a spot of the laser beam contacts with the contact point between the first welded material and the second welded material, the contact point being contained in the non-welded portion of the root part.

25 . The repairing laser welding device according to claim 19 , wherein the irradiation point of the laser beam is set such that at least an outer edge of a spot of the laser beam contacts with the contact point between the first welded material and the second welded material, the contact point being contained in the non-welded portion of the root part.

26 . (canceled)

27 . The repairing laser welding device according to claim 21 , wherein the irradiation point of the laser beam is set such that at least an outer edge of a spot of the laser beam contacts with the contact point between the first welded material and the second welded material, the contact point being contained in the non-welded portion of the root part.

28 . The repairing laser welding device according to claim 22 , wherein the irradiation point of the laser beam is set such that at least an outer edge of a spot of the laser beam contacts with the contact point between the first welded material and the second welded material, the contact point being contained in the non-welded portion of the root part.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 18, 2026
From: IHI INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
To: IHI INFRA-SQUARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075578/0911 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2025
From: MATSUMOTO, NAOYUKI; NAKAMURA, YOSHIHIKO; OSAWA, SHINYA; INOSE, KOUTAROU; YAMADA, JUNKO; OKITA, DAIKI; KATOU, AKIRA
To: IHI INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.; IHI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073059/0131 →