# US 8,770,464 B2 · Method for producing overlapping weld joints and overlapping weld joint

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- Number: US 8,770,464 B2
- Document ID: US8770464B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/101,230
- Filed: 2011-05-05
- Published: 2011-11-03
- Granted: 2014-07-08
- Earliest claimed: 2008-11-26
- Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH
- Applicants: Marco Pacchione; Juergen Silvanus
- Inventors: Marco Pacchione; Juergen Silvanus
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8770464B2

## CPC

- B23K 20/1265: {Non-butt welded joints, e.g. overlap-joints, T-joints or spot welds}
- B23K 37/06: for positioning the molten material, e.g. confining it to a desired area
- Y10T 156/10: Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
- Y10T 156/108: Flash, trim or excess removal
- Y10T 403/477: Fusion bond, e.g., weld, etc.
- 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
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A method for manufacturing welded lap joints comprising the following steps: Providing of two components each having at least one base; allocating the components in such a way that the bases face each other and the components overlap in an overlapping area, which extends at least partially over both components; joining the components by welding in the overlapping area such that a weld joint is formed, wherein at the edge of the overlapping area non welded areas are formed; removing of the non welded areas whereby outer cutting areas are formed at the components, which are arranged at obtuse angles to the overlapping area.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for the production of overlapping weld joints comprising the following steps:
(a) provision of two components which are to be joined and each have a planar base material and at least one plateau-shaped elevation emanating from the planar base material;
(b) arrangement of the components such that the plateau-shaped elevations are contacting one another and the components overlap to form an overlap region;
(c) joining of the components by welding in the overlap region while forming at least one weld, wherein in the overlap region of the two components on both sides of the at least one weld a non-welded region is formed, wherein the two components overlap in the non-welded region and are not welded together; and
(d) separating material from the two components to remove the non-welded regions to form outer cut edges on the components which are arranged at an angle to an edge of the overlap region in which the two components overlap and are welded together.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of removing the non-welded regions in step (d) of the method is performed by a machining method.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein during the step of joining the components, at least two substantially parallel welds are formed which adjoin one another or overlap without a gap.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the first outer cut edge is formed such that it extends from the plateau-shaped elevation of the first component over at least an end face of the opposite component and the second outer cut edge is formed such that it extends from the plateau-shaped elevation of the second component over an end face of the opposite component.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein during the step of joining the components, friction-stir welding is used as the welding method in which a rotating welding tool is pressed against at least one of the components to generate friction heat.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of removing the non-welded regions in step (d) of the method is performed by a milling operation.