Anvil with rolling elements for friction stir welding
    1.
    发明授权
    Anvil with rolling elements for friction stir welding 有权
    砧座用于摩擦搅拌焊接的滚动元件

    公开(公告)号:US08033443B1

    公开(公告)日:2011-10-11

    申请号:US12786834

    申请日:2010-05-25

    IPC分类号: B23K20/12 B23K37/04

    CPC分类号: B23K20/126

    摘要: In a Friction Stir Welding process a load, applied through a rotating tool, frictionally heats, plasticizes and commingles selected regions of the workpieces while translating along the length of the joint. The load is supported by an anvil. The applied load inhibits relative motion of the workpiece and conventional anvils due to friction which requires application of higher translation forces and could lead to undesired surface blemishes. Thus conventional practice is to employ bulky, stationary anvils. Compact, moveable anvils comprising freely-rotating or freely moving elements in contact with the workpieces and capable of reducing workpiece-anvil friction are described. Particular benefits of this anvil design are illustrated for the process of assembling inner and outer sheet metal components into an automobile assembly, a portion of which is visible to a vehicle customer.

    摘要翻译: 在摩擦搅拌焊接过程中,通过旋转工具施加的载荷摩擦地加热,塑化和压缩工件的所选区域,同时沿着接头的长度平移。 负载由砧座支撑。 施加的载荷抑制由于摩擦而导致的工件和常规砧座的相对运动,这需要施加更高的平移力并且可能导致不期望的表面瑕疵。 因此,常规的做法是采用笨重的固定砧座。 描述了包括与工件接触并能够减少工件砧座摩擦的自由旋转或自由移动的元件的紧凑的可移动砧座。 该砧座设计的特别的优点被展示为将内部和外部钣金部件组装成汽车组件的过程,汽车组件的一部分对于车辆顾客是可见的。

    Roll bonding of bipolar plates
    4.
    发明授权
    Roll bonding of bipolar plates 有权
    双极板的滚接

    公开(公告)号:US07451907B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-11-18

    申请号:US10913690

    申请日:2004-08-06

    IPC分类号: B23K31/02

    摘要: A current collector plate, also called a bipolar plate, for a fuel cell includes two facing metal sheets with fluid channels for the fuel (often hydrogen) on the non-facing side of one sheet and fluid channels for air on the non-facing side of the other sheet. Such a plate is made by applying a patterned coating of particles of a soft and reactive metal to at least one of the sheets and rolling them together so that the soft metal particles deform and interact with the facing sheets to selectively join them at the patterned areas. Pressurized fluid is introduced between the sheets to expand non-bonded portions and define the fluid channels.

    摘要翻译: 用于燃料电池的集电板也称为双极板,包括两个相对的金属板,其具有用于在一个板的不相对侧上的燃料(通常为氢)的流体通道和用于在不相对侧上的空气的流体通道 的另一张表。 这样的板通过将柔性和反应性金属的颗粒的图案化涂层施加到至少一个片材并将它们滚动在一起而制成,使得软金属颗粒变形并与相对的片材相互作用以选择性地将它们连接在图案化区域 。 加压流体引入片之间以扩展非接合部分并限定流体通道。

    WELDING APPARATUS FOR INDUCTION MOTOR AND METHOD OF WELDING INDUCTION MOTOR
    8.
    发明申请
    WELDING APPARATUS FOR INDUCTION MOTOR AND METHOD OF WELDING INDUCTION MOTOR 审中-公开
    用于感应电动机的焊接装置和焊接电感电机的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20120228272A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-13

    申请号:US13045648

    申请日:2011-03-11

    摘要: A welding apparatus for an induction motor includes a fixture operable to support a rotor and rotate the rotor about an axis of rotation of the motor, and a welding head supported adjacent the fixture and operable to weld conductor bars located about the surface of the rotor to the first shorting ring when the fixture supports the rotor. A controller controls the fixture to selectively rotate the rotor. The controller moves the welding head, the fixture, or both, so that the welding head is in a welding position, and causes the welding head to weld the conductor bars to the first shorting ring while remaining in the welding position, with the rotor rotating to create a substantially circular weld path along the first shorting ring. In some embodiments, the conductor bars are welded to both shorting rings simultaneously. A method of welding an induction motor is also provided.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于感应电动机的焊接装置,包括一个可操作以支撑转子并围绕电动机的旋转轴转动转子的固定装置,以及一个靠近固定装置支承的焊接头,可操作地将位于转子表面周围的导体棒焊接到 当夹具支撑转子时,第一个短路环。 控制器控制夹具以选择性地旋转转子。 控制器移动焊接头,固定装置或两者,使得焊接头处于焊接位置,并且使焊接头在保持在焊接位置的同时将导体棒焊接到第一短路环上,转子旋转 以沿着第一短路环形成大致圆形的焊接路径。 在一些实施例中,导体条同时焊接到两个短路环上。 还提供了一种焊接感应电动机的方法。

    Method of calibrating a friction stir spot welding system
    9.
    发明授权
    Method of calibrating a friction stir spot welding system 有权
    摩擦搅拌点焊系统校准方法

    公开(公告)号:US08052029B1

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-08

    申请号:US12873648

    申请日:2010-09-01

    IPC分类号: B23K20/12

    CPC分类号: B23K20/123 B23K20/1265

    摘要: A method of performing a plurality of friction stir spot welds with a friction stir spot welding (FSSW) system includes measuring a length of a pin of a weld tool of the FSSW system. The length is compared to a first limit to determine if the length is above or below the first limit. Debris is removed off of a tip of the pin when the length is determined to be above the first limit. The length is also compared to a second limit to determine if the length is above or below the second limit. At least one friction stir spot weld is performed on a workpiece when the length is determined to be less than the first limit and above the second limit.

    摘要翻译: 用摩擦搅拌点焊(FSSW)系统执行多个摩擦搅拌点焊的方法包括测量FSSW系统的焊接工具的销的长度。 将长度与第一限制进行比较,以确定长度是否高于或低于第一限制。 当长度确定为高于第一限制时,碎屑从销的尖端移除。 还将长度与第二限制进行比较,以确定长度是否高于或低于第二限制。 当确定长度小于第一限制并高于第二限制时,对工件执行至少一个摩擦搅拌点焊。