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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/20 (2014.01); B23K 26/322 (2014.01); B23K 26/064 (2014.01); B23K 26/067 (2006.01); B23K 26/06 (2014.01); B23K 26/28 (2014.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/206 (2013.01); B23K 26/064 (2015.10); B23K 26/0608 (2013.01); B23K 26/0643 (2013.01); B23K 26/0676 (2013.01); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A laser welding apparatus for joining a first member and a second member together by laser welding includes: a first laser beam applying device that applies a laser beam to a border area between the first member and the second member; and a second laser beam applying device that applies a laser beam to a laser beam application spot of each of the first member and the second member, the laser beam application spot being located ahead of a laser beam application spot to which the laser beam is applied by the first laser beam applying device, in a laser welding forward direction.