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Patent No.:

US 9643356 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2014

Joint structure and joint structure manufacturing method

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuhide Matsuo, Toyota, JP;

Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Nisshin, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;

Attorney:

Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Roberta Delisle

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 37/06 (2006.01); B29C 65/72 (2006.01); B23K 11/11 (2006.01); B23K 11/20 (2006.01); F16B 19/06 (2006.01); B21J 15/02 (2006.01); B21J 15/14 (2006.01); F16B 5/04 (2006.01); F16B 5/08 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B29C 65/64 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/72 (2013.01); B21J 15/025 (2013.01); B21J 15/147 (2013.01); B23K 11/11 (2013.01); B23K 11/20 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B29C 65/562 (2013.01); B29C 65/64 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/21 (2013.01); B29C 66/41 (2013.01); B29C 66/7212 (2013.01); B29C 66/74283 (2013.01); F16B 5/04 (2013.01); F16B 5/08 (2013.01); F16B 19/06 (2013.01); B29C 66/81422 (2013.01); B29C 66/832 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3002 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a joint structure having: a first panel comprising a first material; a second panel comprising a metal material different from the first material; a rivet having a head portion that is placed in contact with the first panel, a shaft portion that is passed through the first panel, and a joint portion that is disposed on the shaft portion side and is in contact with and joined by welding to the second panel; and a sandwiching portion that is disposed at the rivet and sandwiches between itself and the head portion the first panel from the second panel side.

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