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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Kohei Hisada, Nagoya, JP;
Toru Hioki, Miyoshi, JP;
Kazuyuki Ogusu, Okazaki, JP;
Shuichi Matsumoto, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/22 (2006.01); B23K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/22 (2013.01); B23K 15/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A welding method according to the invention is a welding method in which welding is performed by emitting a high-energy beam onto a welding object that includes a plurality of overlapped metal sheets. This welding method includes forming a tack weld nugget at a welding point on the welding object, and forming a plurality of final weld nuggets along a virtual closed curve that encircles the tack weld nugget, while leaving the tack weld nugget, at the welding point.