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US 10,850,318 B2Granted
Joining method for members
AssigneeKobe Steel, Ltd.
InventorsYasuhiro Maeda, Toru Hashimura, Kenichi Watanabe, Junya Naitou
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Abstract
A joining method for members includes: providing a steel component 10 including insertion holes 14a and 15a, an aluminum pipe 20 having a hollow shape, and a support component 30; inserting the aluminum pipe 20 into the insertion holes 14a and 15a of the steel component 10; and enlarging the aluminum pipe 20 through deformation and joining the aluminum pipe 20 to the steel component 10 by press-fitting. The press-fit joining is performed while at least part of the support component 30 is disposed in a press-fitting region.
Claims20
A joining method for members, comprising:
- providing a first member having a first insertion hole, a second member having a hollow shape, and a third member;
- inserting the second member into the first insertion hole of the first member in an insertion direction;
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- expanding and deforming the second member to join the second member to the first member by press-fitting by,
- inserting an elastic member into the hollow shape of the second member, and
- pressing the elastic member in the insertion direction,
- wherein the press-fit joining is performed while at least part of the third member is disposed in a press-fitting region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.