Electrode for resistance spot welding and device for resistance spot welding including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11772185-B2
Application number	US-202117380829-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2021
Priority date	Dec 24, 2020
Publication date	Oct 3, 2023
Grant date	Oct 3, 2023

Abstract

An electrode and a device for resistance spot welding are capable of preventing an occurrence of a surface spatter by using magnetism. The electrode may include a shank and a welding tip mounted to an end of the shank. A magnetic unit is installed on an outer peripheral surface of the shank to form a magnetic field and to form a Lorentz force in a direction of rotation along a circumferential direction of the shank by the magnetic field and a current flowing through the shank.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrode for resistance spot welding used in resistance spot welding, the electrode comprising:
a shank;
a welding tip mounted to an end of the shank; and
a magnetic unit installed on an outer peripheral surface of the shank to form a magnetic field and to form a Lorentz force in a direction of rotation along a circumferential direction of the shank by the magnetic field and a current flowing through the shank,
wherein the magnetic unit includes
an inner bracket in a pipe shape surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the shank,
a magnetic body installed on an outer peripheral surface of the inner bracket to form the magnetic field, and
an outer bracket installed on the outer peripheral surface of the shank while covering the inner bracket and the magnetic material.

2. The electrode of claim 1 ,
wherein a stopper protrusion in a ring shape is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the shank, and a plurality of fastening grooves to which bolts are fastened are formed in the stopper protrusion,
wherein a plurality of through holes communicating with the fastening grooves are formed in the outer bracket, and
wherein bolts penetrate the through holes and are fastened to the fastening grooves to fix the magnetic unit to the shank.

3. The electrode of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic body is formed in a permanent magnet in a ring shape surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the inner bracket and has an N pole and an S pole arranged in a longitudinal direction of the shank.

4. A device for resistance spot welding that applies a current to a pair of welding materials touching each other and that welds the welding materials, the device comprising:
a first electrode and a second electrode disposed opposite to each other so as to be spaced apart from each other with respect to the welding materials; and
a magnetic unit installed on at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode,
wherein the magnetic unit is spaced apart from an end of a selected electrode by a predetermined distance and is installed on an outer peripheral surface of the electrode to form a magnetic field and to form a Lorentz force in a direction of rotation along a circumferential direction of the electrode in the welding materials by the magnetic field and a current flowing through the electrode, and
wherein the magnetic unit includes
an inner bracket in a pipe shape surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the first electrode or the second electrode,
a magnetic body formed in a permanent magnet in a ring shape surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the first electrode or the second electrode to form the magnetic field, and
an outer bracket installed on the outer peripheral surface of the first electrode or the second electrode while covering the inner bracket and the magnetic material.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the magnetic body has an N pole and an S pole arranged in a longitudinal direction of the electrode.

6. The device of claim 5 ,
wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction and are arranged in a straight line, and
wherein the magnetic unit is installed on the first electrode positioned higher than the second electrode.

7. The device of claim 5 ,
wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction and are arranged in a straight line, and
wherein the magnetic unit is installed on the first electrode and the second electrode such that an N pole and an S pole of a magnetic body installed on the first electrode and an N pole and an S pole of a magnetic body installed on the second electrode are arranged to be symmetrical to each other.

8. The device of claim 4 , wherein the magnetic unit is installed to be spaced from an end of the selected electrode by 30 mm to 50 mm.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Son Seong Guk
• Kwon Hyuck Min

Classifications

• B23K11/30 Primary

  Features relating to electrodes · CPC title

• B23K20/06

  by means of high energy impulses, e.g. magnetic energy · CPC title

• B23K11/3009 Primary

  Pressure electrodes · CPC title

• B23K11/11 Primary

  Spot welding · CPC title

• B23K11/115

  by means of two electrodes placed opposite one another on both sides of the welded parts · CPC title