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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2017
Schunk Sonosystems Gmbh, Wettenberg, DE;
Udo Wagenbach, Buseck, DE;
Reiner Schmidt, Lollar, DE;
Alexander Schuch, Staufenberg, DE;
Sebastian Ruehl, Wetter, DE;
Stephan Becker, Marburg, DE;
SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBH, Wettenberg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device and to a method for producing a tested weld joint between two contact elements (), which are joined together in a welding plane S, comprising a compressing space for accommodating the contact elements (), said compressing space being delimited by a work surface of a sonotrode, which transmits ultrasonic oscillations, and a counter-surface () of a counter-electrode () in a first axial direction at two opposing sides and by delimiting surfaces of opposing delimiting elements in a second axial direction at two opposing sides, said device comprising a test head () next to the compressing space, and said test head being able to be transferred from a position outside of the compressing space to a position within the compressing space in such a manner that the test head () is disposed within the open compressing space in a test mode of the device for subjecting a contact element () of the previously produced weld joint to a shear force essentially oriented parallel to the welding plane S, and said test head () being disposed outside of the compressing space in a welding mode of the device for producing the weld joint.