# US 10,245,679 B2 · Laser welding head > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,245,679 B2 - Document ID: US10245679B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/086,687 - Filed: 2016-03-31 - Published: 2016-10-06 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-02 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Inventors: Taiji Kobayashi; Masataka Tamura; Takeshi Maehara; Osamu Yamaguchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245679B2 ## CPC - B23K 26/211: with interposition of special material to facilitate connection of the parts - B23K 26/12: in a special environment or atmosphere, e.g. in an enclosure - B23K 26/14: using a fluid stream, e.g. a jet of gas, in conjunction with the laser beam; Nozzles therefor (B23K26/12 takes precedence) - B23K 26/1464: {Supply to, or discharge from, nozzles of media, e.g. gas, powder, wire} - B23K: SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM ## Abstract A laser welding head includes a shield gas injection nozzle and welding wire supply nozzle, wherein the shield gas injection nozzle and the welding wire supply nozzle include a main body section and a surface layer section that covers the main body section, and at least part of the surface layer section is formed by at least one of ultra-hard alloy, cermet and ceramics. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A laser welding head including a base unit thereof comprising: a shield gas injection nozzle that is provided to the base unit, irradiates laser light onto a target, and supplies a shielding gas to the target; a welding wire supply nozzle that is provided to the base unit and supplies a welding wire to the target, and a shielding gas cover which forms an air space by locally surrounding the target and wherein the laser welding head is configured for use in water, and each of the shield gas injection nozzle and the welding wire supply nozzle includes a main body section and a surface layer section that covers the main body section, and the surface layer section in the air space is entirely formed by at least one material selected from alloy composed of at least one metal carbide where the metal is selected from transition metals of the IV, V, VI group of the periodic table; cermet; ceramics; and MCrAlY alloy, wherein the surface layer section covers an entirety of the main body section in the air space, and the main body section extends from the base unit into the air space. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The laser welding head comprising according to claim 1, wherein the surface layer section has a coating section composed of a first layer that is formed by the at least one material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The laser welding head comprising according to claim 1, wherein the surface layer section has a coating section composed of multiple layers including a top layer located in a direction away from the main body section, the top layer being formed by the at least one material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The laser welding head comprising according to claim 1, wherein the main body section is integrally formed with the surface layer section, and wherein each of the shield gas injection nozzle and the welding wire supply nozzle, of which the main body section is integrally formed with the surface layer section, is formed by the same material as that of the surface layer section. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The laser welding head comprising according to claim 1, further comprising a heat dissipation section including a first metal member attached on an inner peripheral surface of the shield gas injection nozzle, a second metal member attached on an inner peripheral surface of the welding wire supply nozzle, and a third metal member arranged on a side away from the shield gas injection nozzle, the third metal member being connected with the first and second metal members. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The laser welding head comprising according to claim 5, wherein the third metal member has a width which reaches to a side end of the base unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The laser welding head comprising according to claim 5, wherein the first metal member attached on the inner peripheral surface of the shield gas injection nozzle has a thermal conductivity being higher than a thermal conductivity of the shield gas injection nozzle, and wherein the second metal member attached on an inner peripheral surface of the welding wire supply nozzle has a thermal conductivity being higher than a thermal conductivity of the welding wire supply nozzle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The laser welding head comprising according to claim 5, further comprising fins attached on the third metal member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The laser welding head comprising according to claim 1, wherein the alloy is composed of at least one metal carbide selected from transition metals of the IV, V, VI group of a periodic table, and any one or two of iron, cobalt and nickel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The laser welding head comprising according to claim 1, wherein the cermet is a composite material composed of metallic material containing any one or two of iron, cobalt and nickel, and ceramics. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The laser welding head comprising according to claim 1, wherein the cermet is composed of: a top layer that is located in a direction away from the main body section and is formed by ceramics; and a bond layer that is formed between the top layer and the main body section and is formed by metallic material. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The laser welding head comprising according to claim 1, wherein the ceramics includes any one of aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, sialon, silicon carbide, rare earth partially-stabilized zirconia and rare earth stabilized zirconia.