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Date of Patent
August 15, 2006
Patent Application Number
10909163
Date Filed
July 30, 2004
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Patent abstract
A welding apparatus spot welds an upper sheet and a lower sheet together. A substantially semi-circular hole or notch is formed at an edge of the upper sheet at the desired location of spot welding. When the semi-circular hole or notch is formed, the process does not wrinkle or deform the upper sheet. A clamping cup of the welding apparatus surrounds the semi-circular hole or notch and contacts the upper surface of the upper sheet. A plasma arc torch heats the sheets, allowing entrapped vapors in a coating on the lower sheet to vent freely to the atmosphere. Filler wire is added and melted to fill the semi-circular hole or notch and to secure the overlapping sheets together.
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