US 12,233,491 B2
Welding method for connecting a first connector to a second connector, the use of the welding method, and a welded connection
Karlheinz Glaser, Bensheim (DE); Walter Weinerth, Speyer (DE); and Wenting Yan, Speyer (DE)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim (DE)
Filed by TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim (DE)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/335,395.
Claims priority of application No. 20178187 (EP), filed on Jun. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0379686 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B23K 9/23 (2006.01); B23K 9/16 (2006.01); B23K 26/21 (2014.01); B23K 26/323 (2014.01); B23K 35/38 (2006.01); B23K 37/00 (2006.01); B23K 37/006 (2025.01); B23K 101/32 (2006.01); B23K 101/36 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 9/232 (2013.01) [B23K 9/16 (2013.01); B23K 26/21 (2015.10); B23K 26/323 (2015.10); B23K 35/38 (2013.01); B23K 37/006 (2013.01); B23K 2101/32 (2018.08); B23K 2101/36 (2018.08)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A welding method for connecting a first connector to a second connector, comprising:
providing the first connector having a first end;
providing the second connector having a second end for being welded to the first end;
overlapping the first end and the second end;
at least partly covering an end section of the first end with a heat shield on a first surface of the first connector that facing the heat shield, the heat shield not covering the end section of the first end on a second surface of the first connector, the second surface opposite the first surface and facing toward the second end of the second connector;
applying a contactless heating to a central section of the first end and melting the end section of the first end facing the second connector; and
cooling the first end and the second end to form a weld connecting the first connector and the second connector, the first connector and the second connector extend in opposite directions from the weld.