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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2022
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/00 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); F16B 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/126 (2013.01); B23K 20/1225 (2013.01); F16B 5/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A welded structure includes a first workpiece (), a second workpiece (), a bonded part () formed between the first workpiece and the second workpiece by plastically displaced materials of the first workpiece and the second workpiece, and a hooking portion () having a base end embedded in the second workpiece, and a tip end extending into the first workpiece, the hooking portion extending radially outwardly and upward along an outer periphery of the bonded part. A device for forming such a structure includes a clamp ring () which is provided with a central recess () in a part of a contact surface () thereof located around a through hole ().