Laser welding device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10730143-B2
Application number	US-201715820774-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2017
Priority date	Mar 7, 2017
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

A laser welding device includes: a gun body mounted on a front end portion of an arm of a robot; a laser scanner installed on the gun body; a shielding gun fixed to the gun body in a first direction and shielding a laser beam irradiated from the laser scanner; and a pressing gun installed at the gun body to move in the first direction or in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A laser welding device comprising:
a gun body mounted on a front end portion of an arm of a robot;
a laser scanner installed on the gun body;
a shielding gun fixed to the gun body in a first direction and shielding a laser beam irradiated from the laser scanner; and
a pressing gun installed at the gun body and configured to move in the first direction and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

2. The laser welding device of claim 1 , wherein the shielding gun includes a support end supporting one side of a welding portion and a guide passage guiding the laser beam.

3. The laser welding device of claim 2 , wherein the shielding gun has a width in the second direction and is disposed lengthwise in the first direction,
wherein the shielding gun includes a first portion connected to the laser scanner and a second portion that is connected to the first portion and forms the support end, and
wherein the second portion has a cross-sectional area of the guide passage less than a cross-sectional area of the guide passage of the first portion.

4. The laser welding device of claim 3 , wherein the second portion is connected in a stepped manner relative to the first portion.

5. The laser welding device of claim 2 , wherein the pressing gun comprises:
a pressing portion corresponding to the support end of the shielding gun and supporting the other side of the welding portion; and
a connecting portion that is disposed in parallel with the shielding gun, is integrally connected to the pressing portion, and is connected to the gun body.

6. The laser welding device of claim 5 , wherein a pressing case is fixed to the pressing portion in the first direction,
wherein a pressing end pressing the other side of the welding portion is formed in the pressing case, and
wherein the pressing end is formed to protrude with a width corresponding to the support end of the shielding gun.

7. The laser welding device of claim 6 , wherein the pressing case includes an opening in the pressing end and an internal space connected to the opening.

8. The laser welding device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a moving body installed at the gun body to slide in the second direction and coupled to the pressing gun so that the pressing gun slides in the first direction;
a first driving source connected to the moving body and applying a forward and backward moving force to the moving body in the second direction; and
a second driving source installed at the moving body and applying a forward and backward moving force to the pressing gun so that the pressing gun moves in the first direction.

9. The laser welding device of claim 8 , wherein the moving body is slidably coupled to at least one first guide rail disposed in the second direction of the gun body.

10. The laser welding device of claim 9 , wherein the pressing gun is slidably coupled to a second guide rail disposed in the first direction of the moving body.

11. The laser welding device of claim 8 , wherein the first driving source is fixed to the gun body and includes a first operating cylinder having an operating rod connected to the moving body.

12. The laser welding device of claim 8 , wherein the second driving source is fixed to the moving body and includes a second operating cylinder having a working rod connected to the pressing gun through a coupling block.

13. A laser welding device, comprising:
a gun body mounted on a front end portion of an arm of a robot;
a laser scanner installed on the gun body;
a shielding gun fixed to the gun body in up and down directions and shielding a laser beam irradiated from the laser scanner; and
a pressing gun installed at the gun body to move in the up and down directions or in left and right directions,
wherein, in a pressing mode, the shielding gun supports one side of a welding portion and the pressing gun moves in an upward direction to press the other side of the welding portion, and
wherein, in a single direction mode, the shielding gun presses one side of the welding portion and the pressing gun moves in a lateral direction and in an upward direction.

14. The laser welding device of claim 13 , wherein the shielding gun presses one side of the welding portion by a movement of the robot in the single direction mode.

15. The laser welding device of claim 14 , wherein the pressing gun moves in an upward direction so that the pressing gun is positioned higher than a support end of the shielding gun in the single direction mode.

16. The laser welding device of claim 13 , further comprising:
a moving body installed at the gun body to slide in the second direction and coupled to the pressing gun so that the pressing gun slides in the up and down directions;
a first driving source connected to the moving body and applying a forward and backward moving force to the moving body in the left and right directions; and
a second driving source installed at the moving body and applying a forward and backward moving force to the pressing gun so that the pressing gun moves in the up and down directions.

17. The laser welding device of claim 16 , wherein the moving body is slidably coupled to at least one first guide rail disposed in the left and right directions of the gun body, and
wherein the pressing gun is slidably coupled to a second guide rail disposed in the up and down directions of the moving body.

18. The laser welding device of claim 16 , wherein the first driving source includes a first operating cylinder and the second driving source includes a second operating cylinder.

19. The laser welding device of claim 13 , wherein the laser welding device laser-welds by pressing a door opening portion requiring a correction of a gap and a step at both sides by the shielding gun and the pressing gun in the pressing mode, and
wherein the laser welding device laser-welds by pressing a cowl side upper portion having a cross section of a closed section at one side by the shielding gun in the single direction mode.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Lee Hanjong
• Lim Chaewon

Classifications

• B23K26/22 Primary

  Spot welding · CPC title

• B23K26/037

  by pressing on the workpiece, e.g. using a pressing roller foot · CPC title

• B23K26/702

  Auxiliary equipment · CPC title

• B23K26/16

  Removal of by-products, e.g. particles or vapours produced during treatment of a workpiece (by a fluid stream B23K26/142) · CPC title

• B23K37/04

  for holding or positioning work · CPC title