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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/00 (2005.12); B23K 20/12 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/1255 (2012.12); B23K 20/125 (2012.12);
Abstract
A friction stir welding attachment includes a body configured to be attached to a spindle of a machine tool, a metalworking shaft rotatably supported by the body and including an attachment portion configured to attach a welding tool at an end thereof, and a pair of press components supported by the body and provided at respective sides across the attachment portion. The press components are each made of disc-shaped elastic material and are each supported in a manner rotatable around a rotation axis diagonally intersecting a rotation axis of the metalworking shaft.