Device and method for adhering different kinds of materials

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9623517-B2
Application number	US-201414336950-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 21, 2014
Priority date	Nov 26, 2013
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

A device for adhering different kinds of materials is configured to adhere a metal material and a composite material having an adhering hole. The device includes a frame having first and second free ends that face each other. A laser head is provided at the first free end of the frame and irradiates a laser beam to an adhering point of the metal material. An upper tool moves back and forth at the first free end of the frame and presses the metal material. A lower tool is fixed to the second free end of the frame so as to correspond to the upper tool and supports an adhering point of the composite material. An air suction member is connected to the lower tool to suck air between the lower tool and the adhering hole of the composite material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for adhering different kinds of materials by using a device for adhering different kinds of materials that adheres a metal material and a composite material having an adhering hole, wherein the device comprises: a frame having first and second free ends that face each other; a laser head that is provided at the first free end of the frame and irradiates a laser beam to an adhering point of the metal material so as to form a melted portion of the metal material; an upper tool that is provided to move back and forth at the first free end of the frame and presses the metal material; a lower tool that is provided to be fixed to the second free end of the frame so as to correspond to the upper tool and supports an adhering point of the composite material; and an air suction member that is connected to the lower tool to suck air between the lower tool and the adhering hole of the composite material such that the melted portion is introduced to the adhering hole, when cooled, to produce a contraction force that combines the metal material and the composite material, the method comprising:
(a) providing the metal material and the composite material having the adhering hole formed at the adhering point;
(b) positioning the composite material and the metal material that are overlapped with each other at the lower tool to support the adhering point of the composite material through the lower tool;
(c) moving the upper tool forwards to press the adhering point of the metal material;
(d) irradiating the laser beam through the laser head to the adhering point of the metal material to form the melted portion;
(e) sucking air through the lower tool to introduce the melted portion into the adhering hole of the composite material; and
(f) cooling the melted portion through the lower tool and adhering the composite material and the metal material to each other by using the melted portion.

2. The method for adhering different kinds of materials of claim 1 , wherein:
in step (d),
the cooling water is circulated into the upper tool to cool a region around the melted portion at the adhering point of the metal material.

3. The method for adhering different kinds of materials of claim 1 , wherein:
in step (f),
the cooling water is circulated into the lower tool to cool the melted portion.

4. The method for adhering different kinds of materials of claim 1 , wherein:
in step (e),
a filler metal fills into a base-material loss portion of the adhering point of the metal material.

5. The method for adhering different kinds of materials of claim 1 , wherein:
in step (f),
the melted portion is cooled and contracted to allow the composite material and the metal material to be combined.

6. The method for adhering different kinds of materials of claim 1 , wherein:
carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) is used as the composite material.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Hyunwoo
• Ryu Sung Phil

Classifications

• B29C66/742

  to metals or their alloys · CPC title

• B29C66/721

  Fibre-reinforced materials (B29C66/729 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B29C65/7473

  using radiation, e.g. laser, for simultaneously welding and severing · CPC title

• B29C65/44

  Joining a heated non plastics element to a plastics element · CPC title

• B29L2031/30

  Vehicles, e.g. ships or aircraft, or body parts thereof {(vanes or blades B29L2031/08, air bags B29L2022/027)} · CPC title