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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2006
Koji Oda, Tochigi, JP;
Koji Oda, Tochigi, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Electrodesare contact with an uppermost work Wand energized with electricity so as to thermally expand an electrode contact portion of the work Wor alternatively so as to thermally expand the electrode contact portion of the work Wand a heat transfer portion of an adjoining work Wto which heat is transferred from the electrode contact portion, and then the portions are contracted so as to form a deformed portion Q and the deformed portion Q is separated from the adjoining works WWand a gap H is formed between the works WWwhich are overlapped, and a laser beam L is irradiated at a position where the gap H is large enough to spread the vapor generated by the vaporization of the coating heated.