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Electric Heating > Metal Heating (e.g., Resistance Heating) > By Arc > Using Laser > Welding

Welding

Welding patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

11/01/07 - 20070251927 - Laser hybrid welding method and laser hybrid welding torch using a zinc and/or carbon and/or aluminum-containing rod
The invention relates to a method for welding coated sheet metal (3), which comprises at least one laser (13) and at least one shielded arc unit (5) and a rod feeding device (11) for a welding rod (12). The aim of the invention is to provide a method or a ...

10/04/07 - 20070228022 - Laser welded broadhead
A broadhead including parts inseparably connected by laser welding. ...

09/27/07 - 20070221636 - Welding flash protection apparatus
A welding flash protection apparatus for use with a welding machine with gas shielding is disclosed, the apparatus providing for delay of the welding flash thereby preventing the typically inherent fraction of a second delay between flash and lens darkening, hence protecting the eyes. The apparatus provides a complete helmet ...

08/23/07 - 20070193984 - Laser welding apparatus and method
A laser welding apparatus includes a laser welding unit including a first lens adapted to focus a laser beam; a second lens adapted to diffuse the laser beam to the first lens; and a third lens adapted to guide the laser beam to the second lens. The relative positions of ...

07/05/07 - 20070151957 - Hand-held laser welding wand nozzle assembly including laser and feeder extension tips
A hand-held laser welding wand includes a main body that is dimensioned to be grasped by a hand and a nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly includes a laser extension tip and a feeder material extension tip in a configuration that provides the hand-held laser welding wand with the capability of ...

06/21/07 - 20070138150 - Hand-held laser welding wand position determination system and method
A system, and the method implemented thereby, determines the position of a hand-held laser welding wand relative to a surface and, based on the determined position, selectively inhibits laser emission from a laser source. The system includes a plurality of wave emitters, a plurality of receivers, a phase detector, and ...

06/14/07 - 20070131661 - Solder ball placement system
A solder ball placement system including a singulation unit and bond head for delivery of solder balls to a chip or substrate is disclosed. The bond head includes a tool tip configured to conduct electricity at a rate sufficient to prevent charge buildup but not at so high a rate ...

06/14/07 - 20070131660 - Non-contact carrying device
A non-contact carrying device 10 holds and carries a carried object W in front of a carrying head 12 without making the carried object contact with the carrying head 12. A gas supplying surface 18 in which an opening portion of a gas supplying hole 19 is formed, an annular ...

05/31/07 - 20070119829 - Orbital welding device for pipeline construction
The invention relates to an orbital welding device for mobile use in order to join a first pipe (1) and a second pipe end (2) along a circumferential joint (3) by at least one weld seam (4), particularly for producing a pipeline (5) to be placed on land. The inventive ...

04/26/07 - 20070090098 - Abnormality determination and estimation method, and abnormality determination and estimation device for weld product
An abnormality determination and estimation device for a weld product in a welding process includes a jig device and an AE sensor. The jig device holds the product by a holding face, through which the jig device and the product are in close contact with each other. The AE sensor ...

04/26/07 - 20070090097 - Laser welding system for welding workpiece
An exemplary laser welding system for welding workpiece includes a laser generating system, a supporting system, and a control system. The laser generating system is configured for applying laser beams to the workpiece. The supporting system is configured for supporting the workpiece thereon. The supporting system includes a holder and ...

04/05/07 - 20070075055 - Laser welding system, laser welding method, and emitting device
A laser welding system includes a robot control unit that acquires movement amount measurement values from encoders provided on axes of the robot and calculates the current position of a laser processing head based on the measurement values. Based on the calculated current position of the laser processing head, the ...

03/15/07 - 20070056939 - Method for laser cladding of tubes
A system and process is provided for cladding of cylindrical surfaces. The cladding operation uses a laser head to carry out a welding operation in a tube spinning at high speeds to create smoother interior and exterior linings than can be obtained with conventional welding techniques. As a result, substantial ...

01/11/07 - 20070007259 - Apparatus for simultaneous laser welding
A device for the simultaneous welding of work pieces and containing a plurality of laser light sources. The laser light sources are positioned on at least one circle in such a manner that the partial beams emitted by the laser light sources produce at least one region that lies radially ...

01/04/07 - 20070000883 - Laser welding apparatus and system
Since a welding apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is formed to radiate a laser beam at at least one position in at least one direction, a working hour may be reduced and productivity may be increased when a welding operation is performed by using the ...

12/14/06 - 20060278617 - Laser welding of battery module enclosure components
A through transmission laser welding system for a battery module enclosure includes a first battery module enclosure component. A second battery module enclosure component interfaces with the first battery module enclosure component. A laser source focuses a laser beam on a junction between the first and second battery module enclosure ...

11/30/06 - 20060266740 - Powder metal cladding nozzle
A powder metal cladding nozzle which is coaxially attached to a laser processing head that irradiates a process portion (W) with a laser beam (L) and that discharges powder metal (P) to a laser beam irradiation portion in the process portion (W). The powder metal cladding nozzle includes a body ...

11/23/06 - 20060261047 - Optical processing apparatus
The invention presents a optical processing apparatus capable of detecting accurately the sticking status of deposits sticking to optical means in a background of same color as deposits, preventing occurrence of defective soldering due to feeding failure of wire solder, and detecting solder failure when the leading end portion of ...

11/16/06 - 20060255018 - Energy collection and power reduction in laser coupling process
An energy collector is used to assist a laser coupling process by reducing the amount of output power of a laser that is used to modify a device attaching element. The energy collector includes an energy collector tip configured to be placed proximate to a device attaching element during the ...

11/09/06 - 20060249486 - Laser welding method and laser welding arrangement
A machining system and unit, especially a welding cell, is provided for use for the machining of workpieces (2), especially body parts of vehicles. The machining system has one or more machining stations (15, 16) with robots (18, 19, 20) and at least one rotation or turning station (5), which ...

10/26/06 - 20060237402 - Laser welding method and laser welding apparatus
A YAG pulse laser oscillator 10 oscillates/outputs pulse width-variable YAG fundamental pulse laser light LB, and a YAG pulse laser oscillator 12 oscillates/outputs pulse width-variable YAG second harmonic pulse laser light SHG. An emission unit 20 superposes the pulse laser light LB and the pulse laser light SHG on the ...

10/26/06 - 20060237401 - Laser welding system
A laser welding system includes a free-spacing beam delivery laser head having a linear array of at least two laser diodes. Each of the diodes generates a laser beam of a predetermined wavelength and spectral width, the laser beams adapted to weld a workpiece having a first component and at ...

10/19/06 - 20060231533 - Laser beam welding method
A method for laser beam welding with a fiber laser is provided. A process gas containing an active gas is directed to the machining point. Carbon dioxide, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, or a mixture of said gases are particularly suitable as active gases. The process gas advantageously also contains helium and/or ...

10/05/06 - 20060219675 - Optical horned lightpipe or lightguide
A laser welding apparatus having a laser source outputting a laser beam and a light transmitting device being positioned downstream from the laser source. The light transmitting device transmits the laser beam therethrough. The laser beam exiting the light transmitting device has at least a zero order light lobe and ...

09/28/06 - 20060213878 - Dispersing component deformation forces during welding
Various embodiments of the present invention provide a welding apparatus including a welding unit to weld a first component and a second component together. The welding apparatus also includes a measuring unit to measure deformation forces generated within the first component and/or the second component when the first component and ...

09/14/06 - 20060201919 - Laser welding method and laser welding device
To this end, a laser welding process according to the present invention comprises the steps of allowing a laser beam outputted from a laser beam generating means 1 to enter into an optical fiber 10 through a light-introducing optical unit 9, and applying the laser beam exiting from the optical ...

09/07/06 - 20060196856 - Laser beam welding structure, laser beam welding method, and vehicle control unit using the laser beam welding structure
In a laser beam welding structure for welding two workpieces 1, 2 by emitting laser beam 4 onto a the work portion between the two workpieces, wherein resin members covering the workpieces 1, 2 are provided at the position receiving the reflected laser beam from surface of a melting portion ...

08/10/06 - 20060175308 - Hand-held laser welding wand gas lens
A hand-held laser-welding wand includes a gas lens assembly that develops an inert gas atmosphere around a weld pool. The lens assembly additionally reflects laser light and thermal radiation that is reflected off a work piece surface away from the hand of a user of the hand-held laser welding wand. ...

08/10/06 - 20060175307 - Hand-held laser welding wand with improved optical assembly serviceability features
A hand-held laser welding wand includes internal flow passages through which filler media, gas, and coolant may flow. The wand is dimensioned to be grasped with a single hand, and includes an optics assembly disposed therein. The wand is configured such that the optics assembly, or portions thereof, may be ...

08/03/06 - 20060169678 - Probe positioning and bonding device and probe bonding method
Disclosed herein are a probe positioning and bonding device and a probe bonding method, and more particularly a probe positioning and bonding device used to fix probes to prescribed positions on a substrate so that a probe card used for semiconductor integrated circuit testing equipment is manufactured, and a probe ...

07/20/06 - 20060157455 - Laser welding system and laser welding control method
A laser processing head mounted on a robot arm moves from with a constant speed in a direction from a welding point to a next welding point, while a reflection mirror continuously turns in order to maintain laser beams focused on the welding point until the welding at the welding ...

06/08/06 - 20060118528 - Welding installation with narrow chamfers
A welding head having an elongated shape enabling it to penetrate into narrow chamfers set up between two parts to be welded, and containing the end of a welding wire close to a laser beam to extend a molten pool and thus ensure a high quality welding operation even on ...

05/11/06 - 20060096957 - Clamping device for processing work pieces
The invention concerns a clamping device for processing, in particular welding, of work pieces. It is the task of the invention to develop a device for processing work pieces, of which the clamp technique enables a high processing quality and, with respect to the work piece geometry, enables a high ...

04/20/06 - 20060081568 - Use of helium/nitrogen gas mixtures in up to 12kw laser welding
Binary gas mixture for welding using a laser beam of up to 12 kW, consisting of 30% to 60% nitrogen by volume, the remainder (up to 100%) being helium. Application of this gas mixture to the welding of steel, stainless steel or titanium. ...

03/30/06 - 20060065642 - Bonding apparatus using conductive material
The present invention provides a bonding apparatus in which solder is conveyed onto a predetermined electrode, and the solder is melted by irradiation of a laser beam and is bonded to the electrode and has an object to prevent the solder from adhering to a solder conveying system of the ...

03/30/06 - 20060065641 - Conductive ball bonding method and conductive ball bonding apparatus
The present invention provides a solder ball bonding method and a solder ball bonding apparatus, which can enhance efficiency of bonding processing and in which plural electrodes formed on objects to be bonded are bonded to each other by melting a solder ball. In the present invention, the solder balls ...

03/09/06 - 20060049153 - Dual feed laser welding system
The present invention provides an apparatus for automated laser welding repairs. The apparatus is adapted for use with components of gas turbine engines such as compressor and turbine airfoils and blisks. The apparatus comprises a dual means of providing filler material. The filler material may be provided through a wire ...

02/16/06 - 20060032839 - Device for welding by means of laser radiation
The invention is directed to a device by which two plastic parts can be welded together along their contacting joining surfaces (workpiece) quasi-simultaneously by laser radiation along a joining contour. The beam bundle emitted by a laser diode is coupled into a first gradient index lens by a light-conducting fiber. ...

02/09/06 - 20060027541 - Programmable non-contact fusion welding apparatus and method
A non-contact fusion welding apparatus has a pair of programmable clamps carried on universally movable positioners. The positioners are programmed to move the clamps sequentially along a laser weld path so that the clamps, engage and support opposite surfaces of the pair of workpieces at respective selected locations during the ...

01/12/06 - 20060006155 - Device for assembling a banded fuel cell stack
A device for assembling a banded fuel cell stack with at least one custom-fit band comprises a frame, a base to support the stack while assembling, a press plate that is movable toward and away from the base to compress the stack under a constant force, band folding means to ...

12/29/05 - 20050284850 - Method and apparatus for automated assembly and laser welding of medical devices
A method and system for assembling a component within a medical device that includes a test station to determine whether the component is in a predetermined working state, and an orientation sensor to sense an orientation vector of the component. A first sensor senses a position of the component within ...

12/01/05 - 20050263499 - Method and device for robot-aided remote laser welding, with simplified control of focusing direction of laser beam
device for remote laser welding of metal sheet structures comprises an anthropomorphous robot onto whose wrist is mounted an accessory device carrying a focusing head for the laser beam coming from a laser source, as well as means for oscillating the pointing direction of the focused laser beam around one ...

11/10/05 - 20050247681 - Laser joining head assembly and laser joining method
There are provided a laser joining head assembly and a laser joining method for simultaneously performing joint tracking and seam inspection of a joint while said joining head assembly is in relative motion along the joint. The laser joining head assembly comprises integrated tracking laser line projecting means and integrated ...

10/20/05 - 20050230363 - Device for processing work pieces with height offset
The invention concerns a device for processing workpieces with height offset. It is the task of the invention to develop a device in which the flexibility of the positioning of a clamping tool is improved and the number of necessary application movements of the clamping tool is reduced. The invention ...

10/13/05 - 20050224471 - Methods and apparatus for delivering laser energy for joining parts
A method and apparatus for bonding a pair of tubular members are disclosed. First and second end portions of the tubular members are gripped for rotation about their axis. The tubular members are axially rotated and a laser beam is directed radially toward the tubular members to bond them together. ...

10/13/05 - 20050224470 - Method and apparatus for laser welding
Laser welding apparatus (12), in which a laser beam (14) is impinged upon a component (2) to be welded at a laser beam impingement point (18), wherein plasma suppression means (30) is arranged to impinge a jet of gas on the component (2) at an angle to its surface, flowing ...

09/22/05 - 20050205535 - Welding machine and welding method
In a welding machine and welding method, for welding cylinder members together about an outside diameter, which prevents the cylinder members from being deformed and corrects the deformation of a portion to be welded, a laser beam, generated by a laser generator, is dispersed in two directions by a spectroscope. ...

09/22/05 - 20050205534 - Single and dual lensed optical waveguide for uniform welding
A single and dual lensed optical waveguide capable of approximating a desired IQP light profile to produce uniform welding with two overlapping Gaussian light profiles that are mirror folded back on themselves. This allows for a resolution of the laser light that comes out of a fiber bundle in a ...

09/22/05 - 20050205533 - Laser processing machine and laser processing method
A laser processing machine adapted for joining two metal workpieces includes a laser processing head and two workpiece holders. The workpiece holders hold the workpieces in contact with each other and cause relative motion between the workpieces to generate frictional heat to preheat the surfaces of the workpieces to be ...

09/08/05 - 20050194362 - Sensor pre-load and weld fixture apparatus and method
A sensor pre-load and welding apparatus and method are disclosed. A weld fixture apparatus includes a fixture base upon which a sensor package having a sensor base and a sensor cover is located, and a load bar associated with a spring, wherein the load bar provides a specific weight to ...

07/14/05 - 20050150876 - Method and device for laser welding
A plurality of stretches of laser weld are executed on a structure to be welded by means of a device for focusing and orientation of the laser beam, which is associated to a component element of a manipulator robot. The focusing head is kept in the proximity of, but not ...

07/14/05 - 20050150875 - Package sealing method, manufacturing method of electronic device modules, sealing apparatus, and packaged product
According to the present invention, a case housing a product and a lid made of material that transmits a laser beam are fixed to each other with a bonding member interposed between them, and thereafter, a laser beam is focused onto the bonding member through the lid so that the ...

06/23/05 - 20050133486 - Hand-held laser welding wand having removable filler media delivery extension tips
A hand-held laser welding wand includes one or more removable filler media delivery extension tips. The wand is dimensioned to be grasped with a single hand, thus filler media of various types and forms may be supplied to the weld area on a workpiece using various types of delivery systems ...

06/09/05 - 20050121425 - Scanner welding device comprising a vat and an inert gas supply
The invention relates to a device for laser welding, especially for scanner welding using quilting seams. In order to maintain the welding points under inert gas during said method, the inventive device comprises a vat with an inert gas supply. ...

06/09/05 - 20050121424 - Optical horned lightpipe or lightguide
A laser welding apparatus having a laser source outputting a laser beam and a light transmitting device, chosen from the group consisting essentially of a lightpipe and a lightguide, positioned downstream from the laser source. The light transmitting device transmits the laser beam therethrough. An optical device receives the laser ...

06/02/05 - 20050115934 - Laser processing for providing linear weld seams
A laser processing machine for providing linear weld seams on a workpiece includes a linearly movable laser welding optic for directing a laser for welding the workpiece towards a weld seam on the workpiece, a support bar extending in the direction of the seam to be welded, a plurality of ...



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