# US 2023/0053736 A1 · Joining device and method for manufacturing joined object

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- Number: US 2023/0053736 A1
- Document ID: US20230053736A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/796,612
- Filed: 2021-02-04
- Published: 2023-02-23
- Earliest claimed: 2020-02-06
- Assignees: Origin Company, Limited
- Applicants: Origin Company, Limited
- Inventors: Yasuo KADOYA; Shinya MIZUTANI; Koji ARAI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230053736A1

## CPC

- B23K 11/241: {Electric supplies (B23K11/248 takes precedence)}
- B23K 11/26: Storage discharge welding
- B23K 11/115: {by means of two electrodes placed opposite one another on both sides of the welded parts}
- H03H 11/02: Multiple-port networks
- B23K 2103/02: Iron or ferrous alloys
- H03K 3/53: by the use of an energy-accumulating element discharged through the load by a switching device controlled by an external signal and not incorporating positive feedback (H03K3/335 takes precedence)
- 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
- H03H: IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS (waveguides, resonators, lines or other devices of the waveguide type H01P)
- H03K: PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M)

## Abstract

A joining device includes: a first circuit in which a primary-side winding of a first transformer and a first capacitor are connected; a second circuit in which a primary-side winding of a second transformer and a second capacitor are connected; an electrode connected to secondary-side winding of the first transformer and secondary-side winding of the second transformer; and a charge switch configured to switch between energization/de-energization of the first and second capacitors from a power supply without the transformers being interposed. The first circuit has a first discharge switch and the second circuit has a second discharge switch. A method for manufacturing a joined object includes, by using the joining device, supplying an object to be joined to be sandwiched by the electrode; causing a current to flow through the electrode that sandwiches the object to be joined to join the object to be joined.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A joining device, comprising:
a first circuit in which a primary-side winding of a first transformer and a first capacitor are connected;
a second circuit in which a primary-side winding of a second transformer and a second capacitor are connected;
an electrode connected to a secondary-side winding of the first transformer and a secondary-side winding of the second transformer, the electrode being configured to sandwich an object to be joined; and
a charge switch configured to switch between presence and absence of supply of electric power from a power supply to the first capacitor and the second capacitor without the primary-side winding of the first transformer and the primary-side winding of the second transformer being interposed, the power supply supplying electric power to the first circuit and the second circuit,
wherein the first circuit has a first discharge switch configured to switch between an energized state and a de-energized state, the energized state being a state in which a current caused by energy stored in the first capacitor flows through the first capacitor and the primary-side winding of the first transformer in the first circuit, the de-energized state being a state in which the current caused by the energy stored in the first capacitor does not flow through the first capacitor and the primary-side winding of the first transformer, and
wherein the second circuit has a second discharge switch configured to switch between an energized state and a de-energized state, the energized state being a state in which a current caused by energy stored in the second capacitor flows through the second capacitor and the primary-side winding of the second transformer in the second circuit, the de-energized state being a state in which the current caused by the energy stored in the second capacitor does not flow through the second capacitor and the primary-side winding of the second transformer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The joining device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of transformers including the first transformer and the second transformer is arranged symmetrically about the electrode in plan view.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The joining device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a charging wire configured to cause the current to flow from the single power supply toward the first capacitor and the second capacitor without the primary-side winding of the first transformer and the primary-side winding of the second transformer being interposed, the charging wire being provided with the charge switch, the charging wire comprising a connection charging wire with which a connecting portion between the primary-side winding of the first transformer and the first capacitor and a connecting portion between the primary-side winding of the second transformer and the second capacitor are connected.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The joining device according to claim 3, further comprising:
a separation switch provided at the connection charging wire, wherein the separation switch switches between energization and de-energization.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The joining device according to claim 4, further comprising:
a first control circuit configured to control the charge switch, the separation switch, the first discharge switch, and the second discharge switch in a manner to bring the charge switch and the separation switch into an energized state and bring the first discharge switch and the second discharge switch into a de-energized state to charge the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and thereafter bring the charge switch and the separation switch into a de-energized state and bring the first discharge switch and the second discharge switch into an energized state to cause the current to flow through the first circuit and the second circuit, to thereby cause the current to flow through the electrode, which sandwiches the object to be joined, and join the object to be joined.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The joining device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a first reset wire through which the current flows from the power supply toward the first circuit, through the first reset wire, the current from the power supply bypassing the charge switch and flowing to a connecting portion between the primary-side winding of the first transformer and the first discharge switch;
a second reset wire through which the current flows from the power supply toward the second circuit, through the second reset wire, the current from the power supply bypassing the charge switch and flowing to a connecting portion between the primary-side winding of the second transformer and the second discharge switch; and
a second control circuit configured to execute a reset mode for controlling the charge switch, the first discharge switch, and the second discharge switch, before the current flows through the first circuit and the second circuit via the charge switch, in a manner to bring the charge switch, the first discharge switch, and the second discharge switch into the de-energized state to charge at least one of the first capacitor or the second capacitor with the current flowing through at least one of the first reset wire or the second reset wire.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The joining device according to claim 6, wherein:
the first reset wire has a first reset switch for switching between energization and de-energization between the power supply and the first circuit,
the second reset wire has a second reset switch for switching between energization and de-energization between the power supply and the second circuit, and
in a case of executing the reset mode, the second control circuit controls the first reset switch and the second reset switch in a manner to bring the first reset switch and the second reset switch into the energized state simultaneously or with a time difference to charge the first capacitor and the second capacitor simultaneously or with a time difference.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A method for manufacturing a joined object in which the object to be joined is joined by using the joining device according to claim 1, the method comprising:
supplying the object to be joined in a manner to be sandwiched by the electrode; and
causing a current to flow through the electrode, which sandwiches the object to be joined, to join the object to be joined.