US 12,011,780 B2
Welding apparatus having fume removal function
Jun Soo Kim, Daejeon (KR); Young Soo Song, Daejeon (KR); Chun Hong Park, Daejeon (KR); Ye Hoon Im, Daejeon (KR); and Sung Tae Hwang, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/623,782
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/008601
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/006534, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0081149 (KR), filed on Jul. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0241896 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B23K 26/16 (2006.01); B08B 15/02 (2006.01); B08B 15/04 (2006.01); B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 101/36 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 26/16 (2013.01) [B08B 15/02 (2013.01); B08B 15/04 (2013.01); B23K 26/0838 (2013.01); B23K 2101/36 (2018.08)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A welding apparatus comprising:
a body comprising a stage configured to receive a welding object placed thereon;
a lighting unit configured to emit light onto the welding object so that a welding portion of the welding object placed on the stage is accurately recognizable;
a welding unit provided on the body and configured to weld the welding object placed on the stage; and
a fume elimination unit comprising suction nozzles disposed on at least two opposite sides of the welding portion and configured to draw and discharge fume generated during welding of the welding object,
wherein the suction nozzles are disposed above the lighting unit out of a travel path of light emitted from the lighting unit toward the welding object.