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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2020
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Takahide Hatahori, Kyoto, JP;
Kenji Takubo, Kyoto, JP;
Koki Yoshida, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihaya Imamura, Fujisawa, JP;
SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Abstract
The method for examining a clinched portion of a tubular body includes the steps of: giving an elastic vibration to a clinched bodyformed by clinching a tubular bodywith a clinch-target memberand acquiring, for each of a plurality of view areaswhich differ from each other in the position in the circumferential direction of the tubular bodya vibration distribution optically and simultaneously measured within the view areaincluding a clinched portionof the tubular bodyand the clinch-target memberto determine whether or not the state of clinching is satisfactory over the entire clinched portion