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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hiroki Okabe, Okazaki, JP;
Makoto Aoyama, Obu, JP;
Hiroshi Adachi, Okazaki, JP;
Takashi Kondo, Nagoya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A method of welding comprising contacting a first electrode to a porous body flow path, contacting a second electrode to a plate material, pressing the porous body flow path and the plate material by the first and second electrodes in a thickness direction of the plate material, and spot welding the porous body flow path and the plate material, wherein: a deformation of the plate material in a direction of the second electrode pressing the plate material is smaller than a deformation of the porous body flow path in a direction of the first electrode pressing the porous body flow path.