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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2019
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Jae Hun Song, Seoul, KR;
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 11/31 (2006.01); B23K 11/34 (2006.01); B23K 11/36 (2006.01); B23K 11/087 (2006.01); B23K 11/20 (2006.01); B23K 103/04 (2006.01); B23K 103/10 (2006.01); B23K 103/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 11/087 (2013.01); B23K 11/20 (2013.01); B23K 11/314 (2013.01); B23K 11/318 (2013.01); B23K 2103/04 (2018.08); B23K 2103/10 (2018.08); B23K 2103/20 (2018.08);
Abstract
A joining apparatus for panel sheets and a joining method for panel sheets using the same are provided. The joining apparatus includes an element punching device which stores and supplies elements according to a specification of a panel sheet and inserts the element into a first panel sheet among different types of panel sheets. Additionally, a welding device resistively welds a part of the first panel sheet into which the element is inserted by the element punching device.