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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2004
Shinichi Nakayama, Noda, JP;
Takahiro Nagashima, Noda, JP;
Shinichi Nakayama, Noda, JP;
Takahiro Nagashima, Noda, JP;
Miyachi Technos Corporation, Chiba, JP;
Abstract
A laser welding process of the present invention comprises the steps of allowing a laser beam outputted from a laser beam generator to enter into an optical fiber through a light-introducing optical unit, and applying the laser beam exiting from the optical fiber to a weld zone through a light-delivering optical unit. The laser welding process is characterized in that the optical fiber has a core diameter set to be within 100 μm, a numeral aperture value for entrance of light into the optical fiber is set to be equal to or smaller than 0.05, a numeral aperture value for exiting of light from the optical fiber is set to be equal to or smaller than 0.1, and an energy of a one-pulse laser beam applied from the light-delivering optical unit is set at a value equal to or smaller than 1 joule.