US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on Sept. 8 for "Joining method, joined body, and joining device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,602, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Joining method, joined body, and joining device" was invented by Shunsuke Haruna (Kobe, Japan), Shintaro Fukada (Kobe, Japan), Ryoji Ohashi (Kobe, Japan) and Ryoichi Hatano (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overlapping part of a first member and a second member is joined using a tool for friction stir spot welding and a rivet. The first member is disposed on a side where the tool is press-fitted first, and the second member is disposed on a side where the tool is press-fitted last, so that the overlapping part is formed. The tool is press-fitte...