US 11,701,737 B2
Friction-stir-welded sheet-and-post sidewall
Xiaoyi Wang, Qingdao (CN); Niancheng Zhou, Qingdao (CN); and Liming Song, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to Qingdao CIMC Reefer Trailer Co., Ltd., Qingdao (CN); and CIMC Vehicles (Group) Co., Ltd., Qingdao (CN)
Filed by Qingdao CIMC Reefer Trailer Co., Ltd., Qingdao (CN); and CIMC Vehicles (Group) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/566,390.
Prior Publication US 2021/0069823 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B23K 103/10 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 20/1265 (2013.01) [B23K 20/12 (2013.01); B23K 20/122 (2013.01); B23K 2103/10 (2018.08)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet-and-post wall construction comprising:
a first sheet composed of a first material, the first sheet having an interior side and an exterior side;
a first post composed of a second material, the first post having an exterior side abutting the interior side of the first sheet;
a first friction-stir-weld joint extending through the exterior side of the first post and the interior side of the first sheet, the first friction-stir-weld joint including
first material from the first sheet more interiorly located than the interior side of the first sheet,
second material from the first post more exteriorly located than the exterior side of the first post;
a second post composed of a second material, the second post having an exterior side abutting the interior side of the first sheet;
a second friction-stir-weld joint extending through the exterior side of the second post and the interior side of the first sheet, the second friction-stir-weld joint including
first material from the first sheet more interiorly located than the interior side of the first sheet,
third material from the second post more exteriorly located than the exterior side of the second post;
a third post composed of a third material, the third post having an exterior side abutting the interior side of the first sheet;
a third friction-stir-weld joint extending through the exterior side of the third post and the interior side of the first sheet, the third friction-stir-weld joint including
first material from the first sheet more interiorly located than the interior side of the first sheet,
third material from the third post more exteriorly located than the exterior side of the third post;
wherein
the second post is located between the first post and the third post;
the first and third friction-stir-weld joints fully extends from the top of the first sheet to the bottom of the first sheet; and
the second friction-stir-weld joint intermittently extends from the top of the first sheet to the bottom of the first sheet.