US 12,145,325 B2
Vibration welding device and vibration welding method
Silvio Fuchs, Hasselroth-Neuenhasslau (DE); Bruno Collatz, Dietzenbach (DE); and L'udovit Šipoš, Nové Mesto nad Váhom (SK)
Assigned to Branson Ultraschall Niederlassung der Emerson Technologies Gmbh & Co. OHG, Dietzenbach (DE)
Filed by BRANSON Ultraschall Niederlassung der Emerson Technologies Gmbh & Co. OHG, Dietzenbach (DE)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/879,040.
Claims priority of application No. 21195906 (EP), filed on Sep. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0081335 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 65/06 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 66/8322 (2013.01) [B29C 65/0618 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vibration welding device for welding a first component to a second component or to a stack of welded components, comprising
a. a first tool being an upper tool with a vibration welding head which is arranged at a first support, wherein the vibration welding head vibrates in use in a first plane and the first tool serves for receiving the first component,
b. a second tool being a lower tool which is arranged at a second support, wherein the second tool serves for receiving the second component or the stack of welded components, wherein
c. the first and the second support are movable with respect to each other at least along a second axis Z being perpendicular to the first plane from an initial position to a vibration welding position, and
d. a clamping arrangement comprising at least two oppositely arranged clamping devices, each having a clamping surface which is moveable along the first axis X between a clamping position and an open position, wherein in the clamping position a movement of the second component or the stack of welded components at least along the first axis X is hindered during vibration welding.