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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Magna International Inc., Ontario, CA;
Inventors:
John Richard Potocki, Armada, MI (US);
Steven Reece Falter, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Assignee:
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC., Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D 9/50 (2006.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); C21D 1/34 (2006.01); C22F 1/04 (2006.01); B23K 9/167 (2006.01); B23K 9/173 (2006.01); B23K 31/02 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01); C21D 1/09 (2006.01); C21D 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D 9/50 (2013.01); B23K 9/167 (2013.01); B23K 9/173 (2013.01); B23K 26/00 (2013.01); B23K 31/02 (2013.01); C21D 1/34 (2013.01); C22F 1/04 (2013.01); B23K 2101/006 (2018.08); C21D 1/09 (2013.01); C21D 1/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for conditioning a welded vehicle body assembly is provided. The method includes welding the vehicle body member to at least one additional vehicle body member together to form the welded vehicle body assembly, the welded vehicle body assembly includes a weld area; and laser annealing a weld heat affected zone adjacent to the weld area to soften material in the weld heat affected zone.