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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2019
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Naoki Takeoka, Kakogawa, JP;
Ryoji Ohashi, Kobe, JP;
Yoshitaka Muramatsu, Akashi, JP;
Takuya Fukuda, Kakogawa, JP;
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A friction stir joining device includes a tool, a rotary driver, a linear-movement driver, and a control device. The control device is adapted to (A) dispose so that a first member opposes to the tool, and the first member, a second member and a third member are located in this order, (B) control the linear-movement driver and the rotary driver so that a tip-end part of the tool presses a joined part of a to-be-joined object while the tool is rotated, (C) control the linear-movement driver and the rotary driver so that the third member softened extends above an upper surface of the second member, and the tip-end part of the tool reaches a first position, and (D) control the linear-movement driver and the rotary driver so that the tool is drawn out from the joined part while the tool is rotated.