# US 11,440,131 B2 · Ultrasonic joining apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,440,131 B2 - Document ID: US11440131B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/057,879 - Filed: 2019-11-06 - Published: 2021-07-01 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2018-11-20 - Assignees: LINK-US Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Link-US Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jun Mitsuyuki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11440131B2 ## CPC - B23K 20/106: {Features related to sonotrodes} - B23K 20/10: making use of vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic welding - B23K 31/12: relating to investigating the properties, e.g. the weldability, of materials - B29C 65/08: using ultrasonic vibrations {(non-plastics element to plastics elements B29C65/645)} - 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 - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) ## Abstract Provided is an ultrasonic joining apparatus capable of easily changing the elliptical ratio and the amplitude of a complex vibration. An ultrasonic joining apparatus (1) includes an ultrasonic LT horn (4) transmitting an ultrasonic vibration to a horn tip (6), in which the horn tip (6) is attached to a lower side of a tip portion (4b) of the ultrasonic LT horn (4) and detachable adjustment screws (5) are attached to positions (screw holes 4b1, 4b2, 4b4) not interfering with the horn tip (6) of the tip portion (4b). ## Claims ### Claim 1 An ultrasonic joining apparatus for joining a plurality of works stacked between a first member and a second member arranged at a position facing the first member by vibrating the first member by an ultrasonic vibration, in which a first vibration component in a first direction perpendicular to a direction in which the first member presses and a second vibration component in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction are combined, the ultrasonic joining apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic vibration transmitting portion for transmitting the ultrasonic vibration to the first member, the ultrasonic vibration transmitting portion comprising a tip portion having a plurality of attachment portions formed therein, wherein: the first member comprises a joining tip which is attached to the tip portion of the ultrasonic vibration transmitting portion, and a vibration adjustment member is detachably attached to the tip portion at one of the attachment portions at a position not interfering with the first member, and at a position opposite to the first member with respect to a center of the tip portion of the ultrasonic vibration transmitting portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The ultrasonic joining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a separate vibration adjustment member is attached to a plurality of the two or more attachment portions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The ultrasonic joining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein two or more of the attachment portions are provided at symmetrical positions with respect to a center axis of the tip portion of the ultrasonic vibration transmitting portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The ultrasonic joining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attachment portions comprise female threaded openings, and wherein the vibration adjustment member has a male screw portion which threadably engages with one of the threaded openings in the tip portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The ultrasonic joining apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a spacer capable of adjusting a weight of the tip portion, wherein the spacer is arranged between an outer portion of the vibration adjustment member and an outer periphery of the ultrasonic vibration transmitting portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The ultrasonic joining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second member is an anvil. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The ultrasonic joining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tip portion of the ultrasonic vibration transmitting portion comprises a substantially cylindrical member having a hollow central opening formed therein. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The ultrasonic joining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the joining tip and the vibration adjustment member share a common axis. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The ultrasonic joining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the ultrasonic vibration transmitting portion has a plurality of oblique slits formed therein. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The ultrasonic joining apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a position sensor for sensing a vertical position of the joining tip. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The ultrasonic joining apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a control device and a display device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The ultrasonic joining apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a pressure sensor.