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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2015
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Steven C. Lang, Columbus, MI (US);
Nilesh D. Mankame, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Wayne W. Cai, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 11/16 (2006.01); B23K 11/20 (2006.01); B23K 26/22 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B32B 15/08 (2006.01); B32B 15/04 (2006.01); B23K 11/11 (2006.01); B23K 31/02 (2006.01); B32B 15/01 (2006.01); B32B 27/16 (2006.01); B32B 3/08 (2006.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 15/08 (2013.01); B23K 11/11 (2013.01); B23K 20/122 (2013.01); B23K 26/22 (2013.01); B23K 31/02 (2013.01); B32B 3/08 (2013.01); B32B 3/12 (2013.01); B32B 3/266 (2013.01); B32B 15/012 (2013.01); B32B 15/043 (2013.01); B32B 27/16 (2013.01); B32B 2250/05 (2013.01); B32B 2307/206 (2013.01); B32B 2307/752 (2013.01); B32B 2605/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique for welding two dissimilar metal panels or structures together, such as vehicle structures, by providing a sandwich structure between the dissimilar metal structures that includes one skin being made of the same metal as one of the metal structures and an opposing skin being made of the same metal as the other metal structure, and including an electrically non-conducting core between the skins.