Joining structure and method for manufacturing joining structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019291202-A1
Application number	US-201716302853-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 9, 2017
Priority date	May 20, 2016
Publication date	Sep 26, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A joint structure including a first member, a second member superposed on the first member, a steel insertion member, and a welded part formed on an insertion tip of the insertion member. Each of the first member and the second member includes a high tensile strength steel. The steel insertion member is held by the second member in a state of having been inserted toward a superposition surface between the first member and the second member from a surface of the second member opposite the superposition surface. A carbon equivalent Ceq of the insertion member is lower than a carbon equivalent Ceq of the second member, where Ceq=C+Si/30+Mn/20+2P+4S.

First claim

1 . A joint structure comprising:
a first member comprising a high tensile strength steel; a second member comprising a high tensile strength steel and superposed on the first member: a steel insertion member held by the second member in a state of having been inserted toward a superposition surface between the first member and the second member from a surface of the second member opposite the superposition surface; and a welded part formed on an insertion tip of the insertion member by melting the insertion member and the first member, wherein a carbon equivalent Ceq of the insertion member is lower than a carbon equivalent Ceq of the second member, wherein the carbon equivalent Ceq is a value defined by formula (1):
Ceq=C+Si/30+Mn/20+2P+4S  (1)

wherein C, Si, Mn, P and S each represent a content, in mass %, of each element, and when the element is not contained, the content thereof is 0.

2 . A joint structure comprising:
a first member comprising a high tensile strength steel; a second member comprising a high tensile strength steel and superposed on the first member; a pair of steel insertion members held by the first member and the second member, respectively, in a state of having been inserted toward a superposition surface between the first member and the second member from each surface of the first member and the second member opposite the superposition surface, and a welded part formed on insertion tips of the pair of the insertion members by melting the insertion members each other, wherein a carbon equivalent Ceq (M1) of the first member, a carbon equivalent Ceq (M2) of the second member, a carbon equivalent Ceq (N1) of the insertion member inserted in the second member and a carbon content Ceq (N2) of the insertion member inserted in the first member satisfy relationships (1) and (2):
Ceq=C+Si/30+Mn/20+2P+4S  (1)

wherein C, Si, Mn, P and S each represent a content, in mass %, of each element, and when the element is not contained, the content thereof is 0; and
Ceq(M1)+Ceq(M2)≥Ceq(N1)+Ceq(N2)  (2).

3 . The joint structure according to claim 1 , wherein the insertion member has a shaft and a head having a diameter larger than that of the shaft, one end of the shaft is the insertion tip and the other end of the shaft has the head formed thereon.

4 . The joint structure according to claim 3 , wherein the shaft is arranged so as to penetrate through a member which is the first member or the second member and in which the insertion member is inserted.

5 . The joint structure according to claim 3 , wherein the head and/or shaft of the insertion member is caulked to a member which is the first member or the second member and in which the insertion member is inserted.

6 . The joint structure according to claim 3 , wherein
a member which is the first member or the second member and in which the insertion member is inserted holds the insertion member in a state of having been punched out by the insertion member, and a diameter d of the shaft and a thickness t of the member in which the insertion member is inserted satisfy relationship (3):
d ≥3.3 t   (3)

7 . The joint structure according to claim 3 , wherein the shaft has Vickers hardness of 140 Hv or more.

8 . A method for manufacturing a joint structure by joining a first member comprising a high tensile strength steel and a second member comprising a high tensile strength steel, the method comprising:
inserting a steel insertion member into the second member and holding it; and superposing the second member on the first member and forming a welded part of the insertion member and the first member in an insertion tip of the insertion member, wherein a carbon equivalent Ceq of the insertion member is lower than a carbon equivalent Ceq of the second member, wherein the carbon equivalent Ceq is a value defined by formula (1):
Ceq=C+Si/30+Mn/20+2P+4S  (1)

wherein C, Si, Mn, P and S each represent a content, in mass %, of each element, and when the element is not contained, the content thereof is 0.

9 . A method for manufacturing a joint structure by joining a first member comprising a high tensile strength steel and a second member comprising a high tensile strength steel, the method comprising:
inserting steel insertion members into the first member and the second member, respectively, and holding them; and superposing the second member on the first member so that the insertion members face each other, and forming a welded part from these insertion members in insertion tips of the insertion members, wherein a carbon equivalent Ceq (M1) of first member, a carbon equivalent Ceq (M2) of the second member, a carbon equivalent Ceq (N1) of the insertion member inserted in the second member and a carbon content Ceq (N2) of the insertion member inserted in the first member satisfy relationships (1) and (2):
Ceq=C+Si/30+Mn/20+2P+4S  (1)

wherein C, Si, Mn, P and S each represent a content, in mass %, of each element, and when the element is not contained, the content thereof is 0; and
Ceq(M1)+Ceq(M2)≥Ceq(N1)+Ceq(N2)  (2).

10 . The method for manufacturing a joint structure according to claim 8 , wherein the insertion member has a shaft and a head having a diameter larger than that of the shaft, and the insertion member is welded to the first member with the head being left on the surface of the second member.

11 . The method for manufacturing a joint structure according to claim 9 , wherein each of the insertion members has a shaft and a head having a diameter larger than that of the shaft, and the insertion members are welded to each other with the heads being left on the surfaces of the first member and the second member, respectively.

12 . The method for manufacturing a joint structure according to claim 10 , wherein the shaft of the insertion member is allowed to penetrate through a member which is the first member or the second member and in which the insertion member is inserted.

13 . The method for manufacturing a joint structure according to claim 10 , wherein the head of the insertion member is caulked to a member which is the first member or the second member and in which the insertion member is inserted.

14 . The method for manufacturing a joint structure according to claim 10 , wherein in the step of inserting the insertion member into the first member or the second member and holding it, the insertion member is held by driving it in the first member or the second member, and
a diameter d of the shaft and a thickness t of the member in which the insertion member is inserted satisfy relationship (3):
d≥ 3.3 t   (3).

15 . The method for manufacturing a joint structure according to claim 10 , wherein the shaft has Vickers hardness of 140 Hv or more.

16 . The joint structure according to claim 2 , wherein the insertion member has a shaft and a head having a diameter larger than that of the shaft, one end of the shaft is the insertion tip and the other end of the shaft has the head formed thereon.

17 . The joint structure according to claim 16 , wherein the shaft is arranged so as to penetrate through a member which is the first member or the second member and in which the insertion member is inserted.

18 . The joint structure according to claim 16 , wherein the head and/or shaft of the insertion member is caulked to a member which is the first member or the second member and in which the insertion member is inserted.

19 . The joint structure according to claim 16 , wherein
a member which is the

Assignees

• Kobe Steel Ltd

Inventors

• Maeda Kyohei
• Iwase Tetsu

Classifications

• B23K11/115 Primary

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

• B23K11/16

  taking account of the properties of the material to be welded · CPC title

• B23K11/11 Primary

  Spot welding · CPC title

• F16B5/08

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