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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshimune Shimada, Miyoshi, JP;
Akiyoshi Watanabe, Toyota, JP;
Hideyuki Yoshioka, Okazaki, JP;
Yoshio Nakamura, Miyoshi, JP;
Norimasa Koreishi, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
To obtain a laser joining structure and a laser joining method that can suppress a decrease in strength or rigidity of a third plate that is disposed at an interval apart from at least two metal plates. A laser joining structure has at least two metal plates whose superposed region, at which the at least two metal plates are superposed with one another, is joined by laser welded portions at two or more places, and a third plate that is disposed at an interval apart from the superposed region. A through-portion, that passes-through the third plate and through which laser light is irradiated onto the superposed region and that is of a number that is less than a number of the laser welded portions, is formed in the third plate.