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Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2018
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Pei-chung Wang, Troy, MI (US);

Michael J. Karagoulis, Okemos, MI (US);

Zhenke Teng, Troy, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/00 (2006.01); B23K 11/31 (2006.01); B23K 11/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/0004 (2013.01); B23K 11/115 (2013.01); B23K 11/31 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of resistance spot brazing a workpiece stack-up that includes a first thin-gauge steel workpiece and a second thin-gauge steel workpiece. The method includes several steps. A first step involves applying a filler material to a surface of the first thin-gauge steel workpiece. A second step involves bringing a surface of the second thin-gauge steel workpiece to adjoin the filler material. A third step involves clamping a first welding electrode and a second welding electrode on the first and second thin-gauge steel workpieces and over the filler material. A fourth step involves passing electrical current between the first and second welding electrodes and hence through the filler material. And a fifth step involves terminating passage of the electrical current in order to establish a brazed joint between the first and second thin-gauge steel workpieces.


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