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Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2017
Applicant:

Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hisashi Hori, Shizuoka, JP;

Nobushiro Seo, Shizuoka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B23K 103/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/122 (2013.01); B23K 2103/10 (2018.08);
Abstract

A jacket main body is formed of a first aluminum alloy. A seal body is formed of a second aluminum alloy. The first aluminum alloy is higher in hardness than the second aluminum alloy in material type. A method includes: a preparing step of forming on an peripheral wall part a step part having a step bottom surface and a step side surface obliquely rising; a mounting step of mounting the seal body on the jacket main body to form a first butt portion and putting the step bottom surface and a back surface of the seal body on each other to form a second butt portion; a main joining step of performing friction stir welding while only the stirring pin of the rotary tool rotating contacts with only the seal body.


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