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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seiji Nomura, Kure, JP;
Yukihiro Sugimoto, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/116 ;
Abstract
Quality localized surface treatment such as remelting a surface portion of a work by electric heating can be achieved easily by supplying electric current between an energization electrode and the work while holding the distal end portion of the energization electrode nearly in close contact with the surface portion. Localized heating can be successfully accomplished by electric heating based on the heat generated from the self resistance of the energization electrode itself and the heat generated from the contact resistance at the interface between the distal end portion of the energization electrode and the surface portion.