IP Library Granted Patent US 12,338,852
Granted Patent B2
US 12,338,852 · App. 17/271,765 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Joined body

Inventors: Masaru Takimoto (Kanagawa, JP); Toshihiko Hanamachi (Kanagawa, JP); Junichi Nakayama (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
F16B5/06B23K20/122F28F3/12B23K2101/14F28F2275/062
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Patent No.
US 12,338,852
App. No.
17/271,765
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A joined body includes: a main body section including a wall section forming a passage along which a medium for accelerating heat exchange flows; and a cover configured to cover a surface of the main body section, the cover including: a covering section provided on a side facing the main body section and configured to cover the surface; a groove section provided on the side facing the main body section and configured to accommodate an end portion of the wall section; and a stirred joint section provided on a side opposite to a side where the covering section and the groove section are provided, the stirred joint section being at least partly frictionally stirred by a depth reaching a bottom of the groove section from a surface on a side opposite to the side facing the main body section and bonded to the end portion of the wall section.

Claims (12)

1. A joined body comprising:

a main body section including a wall section, the wall section forming a passage along which a medium for accelerating heat exchange flows; and

a cover configured to cover a surface of the main body section on which the passage is formed, the cover including:

a covering section provided on a side facing the main body section and configured to cover the surface of the main body section on which the passage is formed;

a groove section provided on the side facing the main body section and configured to accommodate an end portion of the wall section; and

a stirred joint section provided on a side opposite to a side on which the covering section and the groove section are provided, the stirred joint section being at least partly frictionally stirred by a depth reaching a bottom of the groove section from a surface on a side opposite to the side facing the main body section, and the stirred joint section being bonded to the end portion of the wall section,

wherein only a portion of the cover is stirred as long as the main body section and the cover can be bonded together, and

wherein a relation 1<T 1 /T 2 <3 is satisfied,

where T 1 denotes a thickness of the cover and T 2 denotes a depth of the groove section, and

the stirred joint section is formed by being stirred by a depth of T 1 −T 2 from a surface opposite to the side on which the groove sections are formed to prevent deformation of the passage.

2. The joined body according to claim 1 , wherein

the stirred joint section is formed over an entire surface of the cover on a side opposite to a main body section side.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2021
From: TAKIMOTO, MASARU; HANAMACHI, TOSHIHIKO; NAKAYAMA, JUNICHI
To: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055423/0232 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-201202 · Oct 25, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210324889A1 · Oct 21, 2021
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