Spoiler structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8939495-B2
Application number	US-201314052329-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2013
Priority date	Oct 26, 2012
Publication date	Jan 27, 2015
Grant date	Jan 27, 2015

Abstract

A spoiler where when a weld face is inclined with respect to a pressurization direction, a weld rib is uniformly welded, and an outer member and an inner member are welded and fixed to each other at a stable strength. An inner member is welded and fixed to on an interior face side of an outer member by a vibration welding method. The outer member and/or the inner member before being welded has a weld rib formed on a face inclined with respect to a pressurization direction at the time of welding; a cross section of the rib is formed in a triangular or quadrangular shape; and in the cross section, two corners at both ends of a bottom edge each form an angle of 90 degrees or less.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A spoiler structure comprising an inner member and an outer member, the inner member being welded and fixed to on an interior face side of the outer member by means of a vibration welding method,
wherein the outer member and/or the inner member before being welded and fixed has a weld rib formed on a face that is inclined with respect to a pressurization direction at a time of vibration welding,
a cross section of the weld rib is formed in a triangular shape,
a bottom edge of the triangle weld rib is defined by two corners opposed to an apex as a part that comes into contact with a counterpart member, in a cross section of the weld rib, and
in the weld rib, the two corners at both ends of the bottom edge each form an angle of 90 degrees or less.

2. The spoiler structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein the weld rib is formed in the inner member before welded and fixed, and a width of a part in which the weld rib after welded and fixed is in contact with a back face of the outer member is ½ or less of a thickness of the outer member.

3. The spoiler structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein the weld rib comes into linear contact with the counterpart member.

4. A spoiler structure comprising an inner member and an outer member, the inner member being welded and fixed to on an interior face side of the outer member by means of a vibration welding method,
wherein the outer member and/or the inner member before being welded and fixed has a weld rib formed on a face that is inclined with respect to a pressurization direction at a time of vibration welding,
the weld rib includes:
a tip end part that has a first contract area that contacts with a counterpart member at the initial time of welding; and
a portion of the weld rib has a second contract area greater than the first contract area, so as to gradually increases a contact area between the weld rib and the counterpart member.

5. The spoiler structure according to claim 4 ,
wherein the weld rib comes into linear contact with the counterpart member.

6. The spoiler structure according to claim 4 ,
a cross section of the weld rib is formed in a triangular or quadrangular shape.

Assignees

• Nihon Plast Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kurata Takenori

Classifications

• B29L2031/3058

  Spoilers · CPC title

• B29C66/9517

  characterised by specific vibration amplitude values or ranges · CPC title

• B29C66/9513

  characterised by specific vibration frequency values or ranges · CPC title

• B29C66/8322

  Joining or pressing tools reciprocating along one axis · CPC title

• B29C66/71

  characterised by the composition of the plastics material of the parts to be joined (welding bar compositions B29C65/125) · CPC title