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Split-type friction stir welding tool with adjustable stirring pin length

US11969818B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 22, 2023
Grant dateApr 30, 2024
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/10
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A split-type friction stir welding head with an adjustable stirring pin length includes a stirring head housing, where a clamping handle and a detachable stirring pin are successively mounted in the stirring head housing towards a welding direction, the clamping handle is provided with external threads on a periphery thereof and in drive connection with an adjusting plate through threads, the adjusting plate is limited, fixed and mounted in the stirring head housing, and a pore-diameter-adjustable aperture shoulder is mounted between a bottom of the stirring head housing and the detachable stirring pin in order to compensate for an outside gap between a stirring pin channel of the stirring head housing and the detachable stirring pin.

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