Welding auxiliary joining part, matrixes for placing the welding auxiliary joining part, and connection and production methods for the welding auxiliary joining part and the matrixes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10702913-B2
Application number	US-201415039798-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2014
Priority date	Nov 29, 2013
Publication date	Jul 7, 2020
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020

Abstract

The disclosure is related to various connecting methods for a welding auxiliary joining part having a head and a rounded tip for setting in at least one first component having a die as counter-bearing, which has a concave recess with an inner wall having at least in sub-areas an arc shape and having a matrix radius MR in the range from 1.0 mm≤MR≤60 mm, for preparing a subsequent welding method. The geometry of the welding auxiliary joining part and the die meet the following condition:
0.001 ≤ SR MR ≤ 0.1 ,
in particular

0.002 ≤ SR MR ≤ 0.08 ,
wherein SR designates a tip radius of the rounded tip of the welding auxiliary joining part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connection method for a welding auxiliary joining part with a head and a rounded tip for setting in at least one first component of a poorly weldable material with a die as a counter-bearing having a concave recess with a cone-shaped inner wall in at least a partial portion with a die radius MR in a range of 1.0 mm≤MR≤60 mm for preparing a subsequent welding method with the connection method comprising the steps of:
setting the welding auxiliary joining part in the at least one first component of the poorly weldable material and against the die, wherein there is a material displacement gap provided between a tip portion of the welding auxiliary joining part and the die geometry into which the poorly weldable material of the at least one first component is capable of being removed radially outwardly, and
deforming the tip portion of the welding auxiliary joining part directly at the die, while the following conditions are fulfilled:

0.001
≤

SR
MR

≤
0.1

,

wherein SR denotes a tip radius of the rounded tip of the welding auxiliary joining part.

2. The connection method according to claim 1 , wherein the tip radius SR and the die radius MR show the following ratio: MR≥2·SR.

3. The connection method according to claim 1 , wherein the die radius MR is selected from the range 20 mm≤MR≤40 mm and the tip radius SR is selected from the range 0.1 mm≤SR≤1.5 mm.

4. The connection method according to claim 1 , wherein the welding auxiliary joining part has a cone-shaped portion, which is positioned between the rounded tip and the head, which widens towards the head and which comprises a tip angle SW between a center axis of the cone-shaped portion and a lateral cone surface in the range of 35°≤SW≤80°.

5. The connection method according to claim 1 , in which the welding auxiliary joining part is accelerated while setting to a speed in the range of 1 m/s≤v≤40 m/s, and/or comprising the further step of:
welding the first component having the welding auxiliary joining part to a second component made of weldable material.

6. A connection method for a welding auxiliary joining part with a head and a rounded tip for setting in at least one first component of a poorly weldable material with a die as a counter-bearing having a concave recess with an arc-shaped inner wall at least in a partial portion thereof, wherein said die has a die radius MR in a range of 1.0 mm≤MR≤60 mm for preparing a subsequent welding method, wherein the connection method comprises the steps of:
setting the welding auxiliary joining part in the at least one first component of the poorly weldable material and against the die, wherein there is a material displacement gap provided between a tip portion of the welding auxiliary joining part and the die into which the poorly weldable material of the at least one first component is capable of being removed radially outwardly, and
deforming the tip portion of the welding auxiliary joining part directly at the die, while the following conditions are fulfilled:

0.01
≤

SR
MR

≤
1

,

wherein SR denotes a tip radius of the rounded tip of the welding auxiliary joining part.

7. The connection method according to claim 6 , wherein the die has a concave recess with the die radius MR in the range of 1.5 mm≤MR≤5 mm, wherein the arc-shaped recess having an at least partial arc-shaped inner wall opens in a circumferential convex region, in particular with an outer die radius in the range of 15 mm≤MR a ≤40 mm.

8. The connection method according to claim 6 , wherein the tip radius SR and the die radius MR show the following ratio: MR≥2·SR.

9. The connection method according to claim 6 , wherein the die radius MR comprises the range of 1.5 mm≤MR≤5 mm and the tip radius SR comprises the range of 0.1 mm≤SR≤1.5 mm.

10. The connection method according to claim 6 , wherein the welding auxiliary joining part has a cone-shaped portion which is positioned between the rounded tip and the head, which opens towards the head and which comprises a tip angle SW between a center axis of the cone-shaped portion and a lateral conical surface in the range of 35°≤SW≤80°.

11. The connection method according to claim 6 , in which the welding auxiliary joining part is accelerated while setting to a speed in the range of 1 m/s≤v≤40 m/s, and/or comprising the further step of:
welding the first component having the welding auxiliary joining part to a second component made of weldable material.

12. A connection method for a welding auxiliary joining part with a head and a rounded tip for setting in at least one first component of a poorly weldable material with a die as a counter-bearing comprising a concave recess with an inner wall arc-shaped in at least a partial portion with a die radius MR in a range of 1.0 mm≤MR≤60 mm, for preparing a subsequent welding method, wherein the connection method comprises the steps of:
setting the welding auxiliary joining part in the at least one first component of the poorly weldable material and against the die, wherein there is a material displacement gap provided between a tip portion of the welding auxiliary joining part and the die into which the poorly weldable material of the at least one first component is capable of being removed radially outwardly, and
deforming the tip portion of the welding auxiliary joining part directly at the die, while the following conditions are fulfilled:

0.01
≤

SR
MR

≤
0.5

,

wherein SR denotes a tip radius of the rounded tip of the welding auxiliary joining part.

13. The connection method according to claim 12 , wherein the tip radius SR and the die radius MR show the following ratio: MR≥2·SR.

14. The connection method according to claim 12 wherein the die radius MR comprises the range of 20 mm≤MR≤40 mm and the tip radius SR comprises the range of 1 mm≤SR≤1.5 mm.

15. The connection method according to claim 12 , in which the welding auxiliary joining part is accelerated while setting to a speed in the range of 1 m/s≤v≤40 m/s, and/or comprising the further step of:
welding the first component having the welding auxiliary joining part to a second component made of weldable material.

16. A connection method for a welding auxiliary joining part with a head and a tip for setting in at least a first component of a poorly weldable material with a die as a counter-bearing, which has a recess with a die angle MW between a central axis of the recess and an inner wall of the recess, for preparing a subsequent welding method, the connection method comprising the steps of:
setting the welding auxiliary joining part in the at least one first component of the poorly weldable material and against the die, wherein there is a material displacement gap provided between the welding auxiliary joining par

Assignees

• Boellhoff Verbindungstechnik Gmbh
• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Hartwig-Biglau Sergej
• Draht Torsten

Classifications

• F16B5/08

  by means of welds or the like (welding B23K) · CPC title

• B21J15/36 Primary

  Rivet sets, i.e. tools for forming heads; Mandrels for expanding parts of hollow rivets · CPC title

• B23K11/0066

  Riveting · CPC title

• B21J15/025

  Setting self-piercing rivets · CPC title

• B23K37/00 Primary

  Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted for a procedure covered by only one of the other main groups of this subclass · CPC title