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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2019
Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Nobushiro Seo, Shizuoka, JP;
Keita Oikawa, Shizuoka, JP;
NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a joining method by which metal members can be suitably joined to each other. The present invention is characterized by including a friction stirring process in which the first metal member, the second metal member, and the auxiliary member are joined to one another by moving the rotary tool along the inner corner portion in a state where the tip side pin which is being rotated is inserted into the inner corner portion, is in contact with the first metal member, the second metal member, and the auxiliary member, and an outer circumferential face of the base side pin is pressed against the auxiliary member.