IP Library Granted Patent US 12,459,057
Granted Patent B2
US 12,459,057 · App. 17/563,181 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Repairing laser welding method and repairing laser welding device

Inventors: Naoyuki Matsumoto (Tokyo, JP); Yoshihiko Nakamura (Sakai, JP); Shinya Osawa (Sakai, JP); Koutarou Inose (Tokyo, JP); Junko Yamada (Tokyo, JP); Daiki Okita (Tokyo, JP); Akira Katou (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: IHI INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.; IHI CORPORATION
B23K26/342B23K26/073B23K26/0876E01D22/00
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Patent No.
US 12,459,057
App. No.
17/563,181
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
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 (26)

1 . 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;

a head drive mechanism that moves the laser head along a welding bead at the root part; and

a tracing mechanism that causes an irradiation point of the laser beam to trace 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 by the head drive mechanism, the contact point being contained in the non-welded portion of the root part, the tracing mechanism comprising:

two tracing legs disposed at the laser head, each including a roller at their respective distal end and pressed against a downward-facing surface of the first welded material and a side edge of the second welded material, respectively.

2 . The repairing laser welding device according to claim 1 , further comprising a weaving mechanism that performs weaving with the laser beam in a direction crossing the welding bead.

3 . The repairing laser welding device according to claim 2 , 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.

4 . The repairing laser welding device according to claim 1 , 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.

5 . A repairing laser welding method for melting and eliminating a crack by irradiation with a laser beam using the repairing laser welding device according to claim 1 , 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, wherein

the irradiation with the laser beam is performed along a welding bead at the root part while the laser beam is aimed at a contact point between the first welded material and the second welded material as an irradiation point of the laser beam, from a side of the welding bead, the contact point being contained in the non-welded portion of the root part.

6 . The repairing laser welding method according to claim 5 , wherein the laser beam is caused to pass along the welding bead multiple times while the irradiation point of the laser beam is shifted from the contact point to the side of the welding bead.

7 . The repairing laser welding method according to claim 6 , wherein the irradiation with the laser beam is performed along the welding bead while weaving with the laser beam is performed in a direction crossing the welding bead.

8 . The repairing laser welding method according to claim 7 , wherein when the laser beam is aimed at the contact point between the first welded material and the second welded material as the irradiation point of the laser beam, the contact point being contained in the non-welded portion of the root part, the irradiation point is set such that at least an outer edge of a spot of the laser beam contacts with the contact point.

9 . The repairing laser welding method according to claim 8 , wherein the irradiation with the laser beam is performed while a welding material is supplied.

10 . The repairing laser welding method according to claim 7 , wherein the irradiation with the laser beam is performed while a welding material is supplied.

11 . The repairing laser welding method according to claim 6 , wherein when the laser beam is aimed at the contact point between the first welded material and the second welded material as the irradiation point of the laser beam, the contact point being contained in the non-welded portion of the root part, the irradiation point is set such that at least an outer edge of a spot of the laser beam contacts with the contact point.

12 . The repairing laser welding method according to claim 11 , wherein the irradiation with the laser beam is performed while a welding material is supplied.

13 . The repairing laser welding method according to claim 6 , wherein the irradiation with the laser beam is performed while a welding material is supplied.

14 . The repairing laser welding method according to claim 5 , wherein the irradiation with the laser beam is performed along the welding bead while weaving with the laser beam is performed in a direction crossing the welding bead.

15 . The repairing laser welding method according to claim 14 , wherein when the laser beam is aimed at the contact point between the first welded material and the second welded material as the irradiation point of the laser beam, the contact point being contained in the non-welded portion of the root part, the irradiation point is set such that at least an outer edge of a spot of the laser beam contacts with the contact point.

16 . The repairing laser welding method according to claim 15 , wherein the irradiation with the laser beam is performed while a welding material is supplied.

17 . The repairing laser welding method according to claim 14 , wherein the irradiation with the laser beam is performed while a welding material is supplied.

18 . The repairing laser welding method according to claim 5 , wherein when the laser beam is aimed at the contact point between the first welded material and the second welded material as the irradiation point of the laser beam, the contact point being contained in the non-welded portion of the root part, the irradiation point is set such that at least an outer edge of a spot of the laser beam contacts with the contact point.

19 . The repairing laser welding method according to claim 18 , wherein the irradiation with the laser beam is performed while a welding material is supplied.

20 . The repairing laser welding method according to claim 5 , wherein the irradiation with the laser beam is performed while a welding material is supplied.

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 Dec 28, 2021
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 058599/0577 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-136084 · Jul 24, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020028349 · Jul 22, 2020
Related Publication 20220118552A1 · Apr 21, 2022
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