US 12,434,329 B2
Metal joiner system, associated methods, and products
Dechao Lin, Kennesaw, GA (US); Dewei Zhu, Marietta, GA (US); ChangOok Son, Marietta, GA (US); Kyle Haines, Kennesaw, GA (US); Louis Mitchell Nazro, Acworth, GA (US); Doug Keim, Phoenix, NY (US); Curtis Eddie, Newton Falls, OH (US); Devesh Mathur, Marietta, GA (US); and David Anthony Gaensbauer, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to Novelis Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Novelis Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/305,351.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/705,580, filed on Jul. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0001490 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B23K 26/24 (2014.01); B23K 26/042 (2014.01); B23K 26/06 (2014.01); B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 26/142 (2014.01); B23K 26/361 (2014.01); B23K 103/04 (2006.01); B23K 103/10 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 26/24 (2013.01) [B23K 26/042 (2015.10); B23K 26/06 (2013.01); B23K 26/0892 (2013.01); B23K 26/142 (2015.10); B23K 26/361 (2015.10); B23K 2103/04 (2018.08); B23K 2103/10 (2018.08)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A metal joiner system comprising:
a power source; and
a metal joiner comprising:
a cutting header communicatively coupled to the power source and configured to prepare a joining region for forming a joint, the joining region defined by contacting and abutting edges of a first metal substrate and a second metal substrate, the cutting header configured to prepare the joining region by generating a first laser beam and directing the first laser beam from the metal joiner onto the joining region, the first laser beam configured to cut through an entire thickness of the joining region and form a gap in the joining region through the entire thickness of the joining region; and
a joining header communicatively coupled to the power source and configured to form the joint in the joining region by generating a second laser beam and directing the second laser beam from the metal joiner onto the joining region,
wherein the joining header is connected to the cutting header such that the joining header moves with the cutting head.