Welding state inspection method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10466204-B2
Application number	US-201314760907-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 25, 2013
Priority date	Jan 15, 2013
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

A welding state inspection method for ultrasonic-welded plate-like members includes the steps of measuring energy that has been transmitted to an anvil when ultrasonic-welding a plurality of plate-like members stacked on the anvil while pressing a horn that vibrates against the plate-like members; and determining a quality of a welding state of the plate-like members on the basis of the energy measured in the measuring step.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A welding state inspection device comprising a vibration sensor and a computer comprising a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable to implement a welding state inspection method comprising:
measuring energy that has been transmitted to an anvil when ultrasonic-welding a plurality of plate members stacked on the anvil while pressing a horn that vibrates against the plate members by
measuring, by the vibration sensor, vibration amplitude of the anvil; and
calculating, by the processor, time integration of vibration data, wherein the vibration data is obtained by measuring the vibration amplitude of the anvil;

determining, by the processor, a welding state of the plate members on the basis of a result of time integration in the calculating operation, wherein the vibration sensor is a non-contact type displacement sensor
comparing, by the processor, a value obtained by dividing an integration value of the vibration data by an integration time with a threshold value that has been set in advance; and
determining, by the processor, that the welding state of the plate members is favorable in a case where the value obtained by dividing the integration value by the integration time is larger than the threshold value.

2. A welding state inspection device comprising a vibration sensor and a computer comprising a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable to implement a welding state inspection method comprising:
measuring energy that has been transmitted to an anvil when ultrasonic-welding a plurality of plate members stacked on the anvil while pressing a horn that vibrates against the plate members by
measuring, by the vibration sensor, vibration amplitude of the anvil; and
calculating, by the processor, time integration of vibration data, wherein the vibration data is obtained by measuring the vibration amplitude of the anvil; and

determining, by the processor, a welding state of the plate members on the basis of a result of time integration in the calculating operation, wherein the vibration sensor is a non-contact type displacement sensor wherein the measuring operation is prior to the calculating operation, and the measuring operation further includes:
extracting, by the processor, data of a period of time from the vibration data, the period of time being when the anvil is vibrating; and
integrating, by the processor, the extracted data of the period of time.

3. A welding state inspection device comprising a vibration sensor and a computer comprising a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable to implement a welding state inspection method comprising:
measuring energy that has been transmitted to an anvil when ultrasonic-welding a plurality of plate members stacked on the anvil while pressing a horn that vibrates against the plate members by
measuring, by the vibration sensor, vibration amplitude of the anvil; and
calculating, by the processor, time integration of vibration data, wherein the vibration data is obtained by measuring the vibration amplitude of the anvil; and

determining, by the processor, a welding state of the plate members on the basis of a result of time integration in the calculating operation, wherein the vibration sensor is a non-contact type displacement sensor, wherein the measuring operation is prior to the calculating operation, and the measuring operation further includes:
applying, by the processor, a band-pass filter of a frequency band defined by a vibration frequency of the horn to extract data of the frequency band from the vibration data; and
integrating, by the processor, the extracted data of the frequency band.

4. The welding state inspection device according to claim 3 , wherein a center frequency of the band-pass filter matches the vibration frequency of the horn.

Assignees

• Envision Aesc Japan Ltd
• Automotive Energy Supply Corp

Inventors

• Kawamoto Koichi
• Yoshida Shuji
• Suzuki Yutaka
• Matsuoka Takashi
• Tanaka Toshiharu

Classifications

• H10W72/00

  Interconnections or connectors in packages · CPC title

• B29C65/08

  using ultrasonic vibrations {(non-plastics element to plastics elements B29C65/645)} · CPC title

• G01N29/04 Primary

  Analysing solids (using acoustic emission techniques G01N29/14) · CPC title

• B23K31/125

  Weld quality monitoring · CPC title

• B23K20/10 Primary

  making use of vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic welding · CPC title