Joint structure and joint structure manufacturing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9643356-B2
Application number	US-201414901144-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2014
Priority date	Jul 29, 2013
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides a joint structure having: a first panel comprising a first material; a second panel comprising a metal material different from the first material; a rivet having a head portion that is placed in contact with the first panel, a shaft portion that is passed through the first panel, and a joint portion that is disposed on the shaft portion side and is in contact with and joined by welding to the second panel; and a sandwiching portion that is disposed at the rivet and sandwiches between itself and the head portion the first panel from the second panel side.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A joint structure comprising:
a first panel comprising a first material;
a second panel comprising a metal material different from the first material;
a rivet having a head portion that is placed in contact with the first panel, a shaft portion that is passed through the first panel, and a joint portion that is disposed on the shaft portion side and is in contact with and joined by welding to the second panel; and
a sandwiching portion that is disposed at the rivet and sandwiches, between itself and the head portion, the first panel from the second panel side, wherein
the rivet is divided into
a first rivet that is equipped with the head portion and the shaft portion and
a second rivet that is at least equipped with the joint portion, is in contact with the first rivet, and is in contact with the second panel,

just the shaft portion of the first rivet is in contact with a though hole running through the first panel, and
the sandwiching portion is a seat portion that is formed at the second rivet and is in contact with the first panel and the second panel in a region around the through hole at which the shaft portion passes through the first panel.

2. The joint structure according to claim 1 , wherein an engagement portion engaged with an engagement counterpart portion formed at the second rivet is formed at the first rivet.

3. The joint structure according to claim 1 , wherein a region between the first panel and the second panel in an area around the rivet is filled with an adhesive.

4. The joint structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first material is a resin.

5. A manufacturing method for manufacturing the joint structure according to claim 1 , the joint structure manufacturing method comprising:
a step of passing the shaft portion disposed at the first rivet through the first panel;
a step of sandwiching, with the head portion and the seat portion, the first panel by bringing the head portion into contact with the first panel, bringing the second rivet into contact with the first rivet, and bringing the seat portion of the second rivet into contact with the first panel; and
a step of bringing the second panel into contact with the seat portion and securing at least the joint portion of the second rivet and the second panel to one another by welding.

6. The joint structure manufacturing method according to claim 5 , wherein, in the step of bringing the second rivet into contact with the first rivet and bringing the seat portion of the second rivet into contact with the first panel, an engagement portion disposed at the first rivet is brought into engagement with an engagement counterpart portion disposed at the second rivet.

7. The joint structure manufacturing method according to claim 5 , further comprising a step of applying an adhesive to the first panel or the second panel at least in an area around the joint portion before the step of securing by welding.

8. The joint structure manufacturing method according to claim 5 , wherein the first material forming the first panel is a resin.

9. A joint structure comprising:
a first panel comprising a first material;
a second panel comprising a metal material different from the first material;
a rivet having a head portion that is placed in contact with the first panel, a shaft portion that is passed through the first panel, and a joint portion that is disposed on the shaft portion side and is in contact with and joined by welding to the second panel; and
a sandwiching portion that is disposed at the rivet and sandwiches, between itself and the head portion, the first panel from the second panel side, wherein
the sandwiching portion is configured by a claw portion that is in contact with a site of the first panel on the second panel side on an outer peripheral side of the shaft portion in a state in which the shaft portion has been passed through the first panel, and
the shaft portion or the joint portion is formed longer in an axial direction than the claw portion.

10. A manufacturing method for manufacturing a joint structure having
a first panel comprising a first material,
a second panel comprising a metal material different from the first material,
a rivet having a head portion that is placed in contact with the first panel, a shaft portion that is passed through the first panel, and a joint portion that is disposed on the shaft portion side and is in contact with and joined by welding to the second panel, and
a sandwiching portion that is disposed at the rivet and sandwiches, between itself and the head portion, the first panel from the second panel side,
the sandwiching portion being configured by a claw portion that is in contact with a site of the first panel on the second panel side on an outer peripheral side of the shaft portion in a state in which the shaft portion has been passed through the first panel, and
the shaft portion or the joint portion being formed longer in an axial direction than the claw portion,
the joint structure manufacturing method comprising:
a step of passing the shaft portion and the claw portion of the rivet through the first panel;
a step of deforming the claw portion to thereby bring the claw portion into contact with the site of the first panel on the second panel side and sandwiching the first panel between the head portion and the claw portion; and
a step of bringing the joint portion into contact with the second panel and securing the joint portion and the second panel to one another by welding.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsuo Yasuhide
• Kurokawa Hiroyuki

Classifications

• B23K11/11

  Spot welding · CPC title

• B23K11/20

  of different metals · CPC title

• B29C66/21

  said joint lines being formed by a single dot or dash or by several dots or dashes, i.e. spot joining or spot welding · CPC title

• B29C66/81422

  being convex · CPC title

• B29C66/7212

  characterised by the composition of the fibres · CPC title