Structure and structure member including joint structure of dissimilar materials

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10513296-B2
Application number	US-201615747322-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2016
Priority date	Aug 24, 2015
Publication date	Dec 24, 2019
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019

Abstract

Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials comprises a roof panel and a skeletal body. The roof panel has a bent portion at its end and is a panel member made of an aluminum alloy. The skeletal body has a support portion for supporting the first member and is made of steel. The roof panel and the skeletal body are joined by continuous welding of a vicinity of an apex of the bent portion of the roof panel and the support portion of the skeletal body, a reinforcing plate is joined to the roof panel at least partially along the joining portion with the skeletal body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials comprising:
a first member which has a bent portion at its end and is a panel member made of an aluminum alloy; and
a second member which has a support portion for supporting the first member and is made of steel, wherein
the first member and the second member are joined by continuous welding of a vicinity of an apex of the bent portion of the first member and the support portion of the second member, and wherein
a reinforcing plate is joined directly to the first member at least partially along the joining portion with the second member, and
the reinforcing plate is spaced apart from the second member.

2. Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials according to claim 1 , wherein the continuous welding is a brazing joint using a flux cored wire.

3. Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing plate is made of an aluminum alloy and joined to the first member with an adhesive.

4. Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials according to claim 2 , wherein the reinforcing plate is made of an aluminum alloy and joined to the first member with an adhesive.

5. Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing plate is made of resin and joined to the first member with an adhesive.

6. Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials according to claim 2 , wherein the reinforcing plate is made of resin and joined to the first member with an adhesive.

7. Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing plate is disposed with a gap from the joining portion between the first member and the second member.

8. Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials according to claim 2 , wherein the reinforcing plate is disposed with a gap from the joining portion between the first member and the second member.

9. Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials according to claim 1 , wherein the structure is a vehicle body.

10. Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials according to claim 9 , wherein the first member is a roof or an upper back of the vehicle body.

11. Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials according to claim 2 , wherein the structure is a vehicle body.

12. Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials according to claim 1 , wherein the first member is made of an aluminum alloy of 6000 series or 5000 series.

13. Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials according to claim 2 , wherein the first member is made of an aluminum alloy of 6000 series or 5000 series.

14. Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials according to claim 1 , wherein the second member is a hot dip galvannealed steel sheet, a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, a hot-dip aluminum steel sheet, or a non-plated steel sheet, which is a surface-treated steel sheet.

15. Structure including joint structure of dissimilar materials according to claim 2 , wherein the second member is a hot dip galvannealed steel sheet, a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, a hot-dip aluminum steel sheet, or a non-plated steel sheet, which is a surface-treated steel sheet.

Assignees

• Kobe Steel Ltd

Inventors

• Hashimura Toru
• Naitou Junya
• Yukishige Ryohei

Classifications

• B23K9/025 Primary

  for rectilinear seams · CPC title

• B23K2101/185

  Tailored blanks · CPC title

• B23K2103/20

  Ferrous alloys and aluminium or alloys thereof · CPC title

• B23K9/232

  of different metals · CPC title

• B23K2101/006

  Vehicles · CPC title