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US 10,744,552 B2Granted
Joining method for members
AssigneeKobe Steel, Ltd.
InventorsToru Hashimura, Kenichi Watanabe, Junya Naitou, Yasuhiro Maeda
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Abstract
The joining method for members according to the present invention includes: providing an aluminum component including an insertion hole provided with a rib in at least part of an edge part, and a hollow steel pipe; inserting the steel pipe into the insertion hole of the aluminum component; and expanding and deforming the steel pipe to join the steel pipe to the aluminum component by press-fitting.
Claims22
A joining method for members, comprising:
- providing a first member as well as a second member having a hollow shape, the first member including a first wall part and a second wall part facing the first wall part to form a space between the first wall part and the second wall part, the first wall part having an insertion hole, and a rib provided in at least part of an edge part of the insertion hole;
- inserting the second member through the insertion hole of the first member until a leading end of the second member contact with the second wall part of the first member;
- and
- expanding and deforming the second member to join the second member to the first member by press-fitting.
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A joining method for members, comprising:
- providing a first member as well as a second member having a hollow shape, the first member including a first wall part in which an insertion hole is formed, and a rib provided in at least part of an edge part of the insertion hole;
- inserting the second member into the insertion hole of the first member;
- and
- expanding and deforming the second member to join the second member to the first member by press-fitting, wherein
- the first member is an extruded hollow rectangular pipe, and
- the rib extends in a longitudinal direction of the first member.
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A joining method for members, comprising:
- providing a first member as well as a second member having a hollow shape, the first member including a first wall part in which an insertion hole is formed, and a rib provided in at least part of an edge part of the insertion hole;
- inserting the second member into the insertion hole of the first member;
- expanding and deforming the second member to join the second member to the first member by press-fitting;
- and
- disposing an insulation member between the first member and the second member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.