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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Takanori Yahaba, Wako, JP;
Tsutomu Kobayashi, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Takanori Yahaba, Wako, JP;
Tsutomu Kobayashi, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/227 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/1265 (2013.01); B23K 20/2275 (2013.01); B23K 2203/20 (2013.01); Y10T 403/477 (2015.01);
Abstract
A joined heterogeneous material includes a carbon steel material and an aluminum material which have been joined via friction-stir welding. The region of a weld zone with a low lift-up amount in a plastic flow area created during friction-stir welding is located on one side of the aluminum material with respect to the weld zone, created by a welding probe. The region of the weld zone with a high plastic flow area lift-up amount is located on the other side of the aluminum material.