Rotary tool for friction stir spot welding and method of...

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2007-09-12

2010-02-02

Stoner, Kiley (Department: 1793)

Metal fusion bonding

Process

Using dynamic frictional energy

C228S002100

Reexamination Certificate

active

07654435

ABSTRACT:
A rotary tool for friction stir spot welding including: a rod-like probe to be inserted into one side of stacked planar portions of plural metal members to be joined while being rotated; and a cylindrical shoulder member which is disposed coaxially outwardly of the probe and which has a shoulder surface to be abutted against the one side of the stacked portions while being rotated, wherein the probe and the shoulder member are individual components and are disposed so as to have a double-acting structure which enable them to move independently in their axial direction, and in which a gap between an inner surface of the shoulder member and an outer surface of the probe is formed to have a small gap on a tip side of the rotary tool and to have an enlarged gap having larger clearance than the small gap on a base portion side thereof.

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