Patent Publication Number: US-11396064-B2

Title: Welding structure

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This is a US national phase application based on the PCT International Patent Application No. PCT/JP2018/043614 filed on Nov. 27, 2018, and claiming the priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-012776, filed on Jan. 29, 2018, the entire contents of which are herewith incorporated by reference. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to a welding structure of welding a first member and a second member in a manner that the second member is inserted in an insertion hole of the first member and welded. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     Conventionally, a valve device described in Patent Literature 1 has been known. This valve device includes a valve provided in its center with an insertion hole, and the device is configured that a shaft and the valve are welded in a state in which one end of the shaft is inserted in the insertion hole of the valve. 
     RELATED ART DOCUMENTS 
     Patent Documents 
     Patent Document 1: JP2016-133076A 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Problems to be Solved by the Invention 
     When the valve device described in the Patent Literature 1 is to be shifted from a valve-open state to a valve-closed state, the valve comes to contact with a sitting seat to generate stress on a welded part, so that stress occurs on the welded part of the shaft and the valve. This repeatedly-generated stress may cause fatigue destruction of the welded part. 
     To address this, it has been conceived to increase a welding depth of the welded part for improving the endurability of the welded part. However, increase in the welding depth requires higher output for welding. Further, increase in the welding output further increases an amount of heat applied to the welded part, and this could lead to increase in welding distortion and sensitization (a phenomenon of decrease in corrosion resistance due to thermal history) of the welded part. 
     The present disclosure has been made in view of the circumstances to solve the above problems and has a purpose of providing a welding structure achieving restraint in the required welding outlet and improving endurability of the welded part. 
     Means of Solving the Problems 
     To achieve the above purpose, one aspect of the present disclosure provides a welding structure comprising a first member provided with an insertion hole and a second member, the welding structure being configured such that the second member is inserted in the insertion hole to be welded to the first member, wherein, in a cross-section of the first member and the second member when they are seen from an axial direction of the insertion hole, a plurality of welding spots where the first member and the second member are welded are provided, an outer periphery of each of the welding spots is formed with a curve-shaped portion formed on a leading end in a direction from a first-member side to a second-member side and two side-face portions connected to both ends in a circumferential direction of the curve-shaped portion, respectively, in both-end welding spots provided on both ends in an arrangement direction of the welding spots in a weld region that is formed of the plurality of welding spots, the first member and the second member are welded such that an outer side-face portion, which is one of the two side-face portions on the outer periphery of the both-end welding spots located on an outer side of the weld region, intersects with an outer periphery of the second member, and when two intersections where the outer side-face portion on the outer periphery of the both-end welding spots and the outer periphery of the second member intersect are defined as a first intersection and a second intersection, a weld angle formed by a first linear line linking the first intersection with a sectional center of the second member and a second linear line linking the second intersection with the sectional center of the second member is set to a first predetermined angle or more. 
     According to this aspect, the welding region is configured with the plurality of welding spots to expand the weld angle, thus improving the endurability of the welded part without increasing the welding depth of the respective welding spots. Accordingly, the required welding output can be made small and it is possible to restrain welding distortion and sensitization of the welded part. As a result of this, endurability of the welded part can be improved with restraining the required welding output. 
     Further, the outer periphery of the second member is made to intersect the outer side-face portion of the both-end welding spots, thus restraining occurrence of error in the weld angle and restraining occurrence of error in the endurability of the welded part. 
     In the above aspect, preferably, the outer periphery of the insertion hole of the first member and the outer periphery of the second member are arranged with a clearance in a region other than the weld region. 
     According to the above aspect, stress is concentrated on a welding spot especially in a structure arranged with a clearance, and therefore, adoption of the present technique leads to improvement in endurability on a stress-concentrated spot. 
     In the above aspect, preferably, the plurality of welding spots are spaced from one another. 
     According to the above aspect, a weld angle can be increased while reducing the number of the welding spots (in other words, reducing a total welded area of the plurality of welding spots). Accordingly, a total amount of output required for welding can be restrained, and thus the endurability of the welded part can be improved. 
     In the above aspect, preferably, two welding spots are provided. 
     According to the above aspect, the weld angle can be increased while reducing the number of the welding spots to the maximum. Accordingly, the total amount of output required for welding can be restrained to the maximum, and the endurability of the welded part can be improved. 
     In the above aspect, preferably, the first predetermined angle is changeable depending on a shape of the outer periphery of the second member. 
     According to this aspect, the endurability of the welded part can be improved according to the shape of the outer periphery of the second member. 
     In the above aspect, preferably, the shape of the outer periphery of the second member is any one of a circular shape and an almost-circular shape, and the first predetermined angle is 65° or more. 
     According to this aspect, the endurability of the welded part can be improved to the almost maximum. 
     In the above aspect, preferably, when the weld angle is set to a second predetermined angle that is larger than the first predetermined angle and that has a possibility of causing inclination of the first member, at least one welding spot is provided in a center or an almost center of the weld region defined by the second predetermined angle. 
     According to this aspect, the first member and the second member can be welded in a desired arrangement state. 
     In the above aspect, preferably, the first member is a valve element, and the second member is a rotary shaft for rotating the valve element. 
     In the above aspect, preferably, the valve element is a butterfly valve. 
     Effects of the Invention 
     According to a welding structure of the present disclosure, it is achieved that an output required for welding is restrained and endurability of a welded part is improved. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view showing one example of a flow control valve provided with a double-eccentric valve; 
         FIG. 2  is a partially-cutaway perspective view of a valve section in a valve fully-closed state; 
         FIG. 3  is a partially-cutaway perspective view of the valve section in a valve fully-open state; 
         FIG. 4  is a side view of a valve seat, a valve element, and a rotary shaft in a valve closed state; 
         FIG. 5  is a cross-sectional view taken along a line A-A in  FIG. 4 ; 
         FIG. 6  is a sectional view illustrating a state in which a pin of the rotary shaft is inserted in an insertion hole of the valve element; 
         FIG. 7  is an explanatory diagram illustrating one example of an analysis model used for analyzing a relationship between a weld angle and a maximum principal stress; 
         FIG. 8  is a diagram illustrating an analysis specification (1); 
         FIG. 9  is a diagram illustrating an analysis specification (2); 
         FIG. 10  is a diagram illustrating an analysis specification (3); 
         FIG. 11  is a diagram illustrating an analysis specification (4); 
         FIG. 12  is a diagram illustrating an analysis specification (5); 
         FIG. 13  is a diagram illustrating an analysis specification (6); 
         FIG. 14  is a correlation diagram of the weld angle and analysis values of the maximum principal stress; 
         FIG. 15  is a sectional view showing one example of a welding structure of the present embodiment, illustrating a sectional view of the valve element and the rotary shaft when seen from an axial direction of the insertion hole of the valve element; 
         FIG. 16  is a sectional view illustrating a welding structure in a case of providing another welding spot between welding spots on both ends; 
         FIG. 17  is a sectional view illustrating a welding structure in another case of providing another welding spot between the welding spots on both ends; 
         FIG. 18  is a sectional view illustrating a welding structure of providing one welding spot; and 
         FIG. 19  is a sectional view illustrating a welding structure in a comparative example. 
     
    
    
     MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 
     A detailed description of an embodiment of a welding structure of the present disclosure will now be given below with exemplifying a welding structure of a valve element and a rotary shaft of a double eccentric valve that is adopted for a flow control valve  1 . Firstly, the flow control valve  1  is explained, and subsequently, the welding structure of the valve element and the rotary shaft of the double eccentric valve is explained. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , the flow control valve  1  is provided with a valve section  2  configured with a double eccentric valve, a motor section  3  embedded with a motor, and a speed-reducing mechanism  4  embedded with a plurality of gears. As shown in  FIGS. 2 and 3 , the valve section  2  includes a metal pipe portion  12  including a passage  11  inside of which fluid flows, and a valve seat  13 , a valve element  14 , and a rotary shaft  15  are placed is the passage  11 . An inner shape of the passage  11 , an outer shape of the valve seat  13 , and an outer shape of the valve element  14  are each formed to be a circular shape or an almost circular shape in plan view. To the rotary shaft  15 , a rotational force of a motor is made to be transmitted via the plurality of gears. In the present embodiment, the pipe portion  12  having the passage  11  corresponds to a part of a housing  6 , and the motor of the motor section  3  and the plurality of gears of the speed-reducing mechanism  4  are covered with the housing  6 . The housing  6  is formed of metal such as aluminum. 
     The passage  11  is provided with a step portion  10  and the valve seat  13  is fitted in this step portion  10 . The valve seat  13  is of an annular shape and has a circular or almost circular valve hole  16  in its center. The valve hole  16  is formed with an annular seat surface  17  on its peripheral edge. In the present embodiment, the valve seat  13  is provided with a rubber sealing portion  13   a , and the seat surface  17  is formed on this rubber sealing portion  13   a . The valve element  14  is one type of a butterfly valve of a disc-like shape, and is formed with an annular sealing surface  18  corresponding to the seat surface  17  on its outer periphery. The valve element  14  is fixed to the rotary shaft  15  to be integrally rotated with the rotary shaft  15 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 5 , an axial line L 1  of the rotary shaft  15  extends in parallel with a radial direction of the valve element  14  and the valve hole  16  and is positioned eccentrically from a center P 1  of the valve hole  16  to a radial direction of the valve hole  16 . Further, the sealing surface  18  of the valve element  14  is positioned eccentrically from the axial line L 1  of the rotary shaft  15  to an extending direction of an axial line L 2  of the valve element  14 . Furthermore, the sealing surface  18  of the valve element  14  is configured to be moved between a valve fully-closed position (see  FIG. 2 ) where the sealing surface  18  comes to surface contact with the seat surface  17  of the valve seat  13  and a valve fully-open position (see  FIG. 3 ) where the sealing surface  18  is placed furthest from the seat surface  17  by rotation of the valve element  14  centering about the axial line L 1  of the rotary shaft  15 . 
     In the present embodiment, in  FIG. 5 , when the valve element  14  starts to rotate in a valve-opening direction (a direction indicated with an arrow F 1  in  FIG. 5 , namely, in a clockwise direction in  FIG. 5 ) from the valve fully-closed position, the sealing surface  18  of the valve element  14  concurrently starts to move away from the seat surface  17  of the valve seat  13  and move along rotation tracks T 1  and T 2  both centering about the axial line L 1  of the rotary shaft  15 . 
     As shown in  FIGS. 4 and 5 , the valve element  14  includes a fixing portion  14   b  of a ridge-like shape protruding from a plate face  14   a  to be fixed with the rotary shaft  15  formed thereon. The fixing portion  14   b  is fixed to the rotary shaft  15  via a pin  15   a  protruding from a leading end of the rotary shaft  15  in a position displaced from the axial line L 1  of the rotary shaft  15  to the radial direction of the rotary shaft  15 . Further, as shown in  FIG. 5 , the fixing portion  14   b  is placed on the axial line L 2  of the valve element  14  so that the valve element  14  including the fixing portion  14   b  is formed to be in a laterally symmetrical shape centering about the axial line L 2  of the valve element  14 . As it will be described in detail below, the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15  are welded together, but in  FIG. 5 , a welded part of the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15  is omitted its illustration. 
     Subsequently, a welding structure of the valve element  14  (one example of a “first member”) and the rotary shaft  15  (one example of a “second member”) in a double eccentric valve is explained. 
     When the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15  are to be welded to form the welding structure of the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15 , as shown in  FIG. 6 , the pin  15   a  of the rotary shaft  15  is firstly inserted in an insertion hole  14   c  formed in the fixing portion  14   b  of the valve element  14 . At this time, on an upper side of the insertion hole  14   c  in  FIG. 6 , an inner wall surface  14   d  forming an outer shape of the insertion hole  14   c  and an outer peripheral surface  15   b  of the pin  15   a  are contacted at a contact point Po. In other words, in a cross section of the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15  seen from an axial direction of the insertion hole  14   c  (in a frontward direction of a sheet of  FIG. 6 ), the inner wall surface  14   d  of the insertion hole  14   c  is in a circular shape and the outer peripheral surface  15   b  of the pin  15   a  is in an almost circular shape. Namely, in the vicinity of the contact point Po, the curvature of the outer peripheral surface  15   b  of the pin  15   a  is made larger than the curvature of the inner wall surface  14   d  of the insertion hole  14   c . The “almost circular shape” means a circular shape partially having different curvature in its circumferential direction. Further, a diameter of the insertion hole  14   c  is made larger than an outer diameter of the pin  15   a , and thus the inner wall surface  14   d  of the insertion hole  14   c  and the outer circumferential surface  15   b  of the pin  15   a  are separated from each other in a lower portion of the insertion hole  14   c  in  FIG. 6 . 
     In the above-mentioned state, the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15  are welded from an upper side to a lower side in  FIG. 6  (namely, from a side of the fixing portion  14   b  to a side of the plate face  14   a  in a direction of the axial line L 2  (of a central axis, see  FIG. 5 ) of the valve element  14 ) as indicated with an arrow in  FIG. 6 . In the present embodiment, the rotary shaft  15  is thus inserted in the insertion hole  14   c  to be welded and fixed to the valve element  14 . Herein, the shape of the outer peripheral surface  15   b  of the pin  15   a  may be a circular shape. 
     In the above-mentioned welding structure of the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15 , for example, one example of providing one welding spot  21  as a welded part of the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15  (hereinafter, simply referred as “welded part”) as shown in  FIG. 18  is considered. In this example, when the pin  15   a  of the rotary shaft  15  is to be rotated in a direction indicated with an arrow Ar in the figure (in a counter-clockwise direction) centering about a sectional center O during valve-closing operation in which the valve is being shifted from a valve-open state to a valve-closed state, stress is generated concentrically on a stress concentrated region PX due to the load generated by collision of the valve element  14  with the rubber sealing portion  13   a  (see  FIG. 5  and others) of the valve seat  13 . Repetition of valve opening and closing operation results in repetitive generation of stress on the stress concentrated region PX, so that the welding spot  21  could suffer from fatigue destruction. 
     To address the above, it has been conceived to improve endurability of the welded part by enlarging a welding depth of the thus formed single welding spot  21  or increasing the welding width in order to reduce the stress generated on the stress concentrated region PX. Herein, the welding depth is a depth of a portion where welding has been made. However, the above measures require high output as output for welding and may lead to generation of distortion in the rotary shaft  15  due to the heat generated by increase in the welding output. Consequently, there are possibilities of causing degradation in the sealing performance between the valve seat  13  and the valve element  14  in the valve-closed state and causing sensitization of the welded part leading to its vulnerability. 
     In order to consider welding conditions that can restrain necessary welding output and improve the endurability of the welded part, a stress analysis has been made with an analysis model indicated in  FIG. 7 , for example, and evaluation for the endurability of the welded part has been made. In the analysis model shown in  FIG. 7 , a first intersection X 1  and a second intersection X 2  are two intersection points of both end portions of a weld region Wa with an outer periphery PLs of the rotary shaft  15 , and the first intersection X 1  and the second intersection X 2  are each linked to a sectional center O of the rotary shaft  15  (rotation center of the rotary shaft  15 ) to draw a first linear line SL 1  and a second linear line SL 2 . The thus depicted linear lines form a weld angle θ. Herein, the weld region Wa is a welded part of the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15  that is configured with one or a plurality of welding spots  21  as it will be shown in each of analysis specifications.  FIG. 7  illustrates one example of the weld region Wa that is configured with one welding spot  21 . Further, in a region other than the weld region Wa, an outer periphery PLh (the inner wall surface  14   d ) of the insertion hole  14   c  of the valve element  14  and the outer periphery PLs (the outer peripheral surface  15   b ) of the pin  15   a  of the rotary shaft  15  are arranged with a clearance δ. 
     The analysis specifications are set with the various number of the welding spots  21  and various weld angles θ. To be specific, as shown in  FIG. 8 , an analysis specification (1) is arranged with the number of the welding spot  21  as one, the welding output as “small”, and the weld angle θ of 21°. As shown in  FIG. 9 , an analysis specification (2) is arranged with the number of the welding spot  21  as one, the welding output as “medium”, and the weld angle θ of 31°. As shown in  FIG. 10 , an analysis specification (3) is arranged with the number of the welding spots  21  as three, the welding output as “small”, and the weld angle θ of 65°. As shown in  FIG. 11 , an analysis specification (4) is arranged with the number of the welding spots  21  as two, the welding output as “small”, and the weld angle θ of 65° with creating a space between the two welding spots  21 . As shown in  FIG. 12 , an analysis specification (5) is arranged with the number of the welding spots  21  as four, the welding output as “small”, and the weld angle θ as 91°. As shown in  FIG. 13 , an analysis specification (6) is arranged with the number of the welding spot  21  as one, the welding output as “large”, and the weld angle θ as 180°. 
     Analysis results shown in  FIG. 14  indicate that the analysis specifications (3), (4), (5), and (6) with the weld angle θ of 65° or more can achieve reduction of the maximum principal stress that has occurred in the stress concentrated region PX to a predetermined value α or less, namely to almost the similar value to the one ((6) in  FIG. 14 ) with the weld angle θ of 180°. Accordingly, it has been found that the weld angle θ of 65° or more is desirable. Further, it has been found that the number of the welding spots  21  has no influence on the maximum principal stress. 
     However, in the analysis specification (6) arranged with one welding spot  21 , the welding output is set as “large”, and thus the required welding output is high. Accordingly, in the present embodiment, the plurality of welding spots  21  are provided and the weld angle θ is set to 65° or more so that the required welding output is restrained. 
     Further, the generated maximum main stresses in the analysis specifications (3) and (4) are almost same, and therefore, the analysis specification (4) is considered to be more preferable as a welding condition for restraining the required welding output to the maximum and improving the endurability of the welded part. As a result of the above, in the present embodiment, the most preferable welding condition is set as arranging two welding spots  21 , creating a space between these two welding spots  21 , and setting the weld angle θ to be 65° or more. 
     Herein, a position where the outer periphery PLs of the rotary shaft  15  intersects the outer periphery PLw of the welding spot  21  is noted. The outer periphery PLw of the welding spot  21  includes, as shown in  FIG. 19 , a curve-shaped portion  31  formed on a leading end in a direction extending from a side of the valve element  14  to a side of the rotary shaft  15  (in a weld-penetration direction during welding, or a downward direction in  FIG. 19 ) and two linear portions  32  each connected to a circumferential end portion  31   a  of the curve-shaped portion  31 . It is now considered a comparative example as shown in  FIG. 19  that the welding is applied to a welding spot  21 A and a welding spot  21 B provided on both ends of the weld region Wa such that the outer periphery PLs of the rotary shaft  15  intersects the curve-shaped portion  31 . In this example, the weld angle θ may have errors due to differences in the welding depth, that may cause error in the endurability of the welded part. Herein, the linear portion  32  is one example of a “side-face portion” of the present disclosure. 
     To address the above, in the present embodiment, the welding spot  21 A and the welding spot  21 B (one example of “both-end welding spots”) provided on both ends of the weld region Wa are arranged to be welded such that the outer periphery PLs of the rotary shaft  15  intersects an outside linear portion  32 A. This arrangement can restrain generation of errors in the weld angle θ due to the errors in the welding depth, thereby preventing errors in the endurability of the welded part. The outside linear portion  32 A is the linear portion  32  located outside the weld region Wa among the two linear portions  32  on the outer periphery PLw of the welding spot  21 A (the welding spot  21 B). Further, in the example shown in  FIG. 15 , the welding spot  21 A and the welding spot  21 B are arranged in a radial direction of the rotary shaft  15  (specifically, a radial direction of the valve element  14 ), and an “arrangement direction of the welding spot” corresponds to the radial direction of the rotary shaft  15 . Herein, the outside linear portion  32 A is one example of an “outer side-face portion” of the present disclosure. 
     Specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 15 , the outer periphery PLh (the inner wall surface  14   d ) of the insertion hole  14   c  of the valve element  14  is shaped to be circular and the outer periphery PLs (the outer peripheral surface  15   b ) of the pin  15   a  of the rotary shaft  15  is shaped to be almost circular in cross-section of the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15  when they are seen from an axial direction of the insertion hole  14   c  (in a frontward direction of a sheet of  FIG. 15 ), for example. The outer periphery PLh of the insertion hole  14   c  and the outer periphery PLs of the pin  15   a  are made to be in contact at the contact point Po. 
     Further, two welding spots  21  are provided. Specifically, two welding spots  21  of the welding spot  21 A and the welding spot  21 B are provided with a clearance formed therebetween. Further, in a region outside the weld region Wa, there is created a clearance δ between the outer periphery PLh of the insertion hole  14   c  of the valve element  14  and the outer periphery PLs of the pin  15   a  of the rotary shaft  15 . 
     In the welding spot  21 A and the welding spot  21 B, the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15  are welded such that the outside linear portion  32 A in the outer periphery PLw intersects the outer periphery PLs of the pin  15   a  of the rotary shaft  15 . 
     The weld angle θ is set to be 65° or more. Herein, the weld angle θ is defined by a first linear line SL 1  connecting the first intersection X 1  with the sectional center O of the rotary shaft  15  and a second linear line SL 2  connecting the second intersection X 2  with the sectional center O of the rotary shaft  15 . The first intersection X 1  is an intersection point of the outside linear portion  32 A on the outer periphery PLw of the welding spot  21 A with the outer periphery PLs of the rotary shaft  15 . The second intersection X 2  is an intersection point of the outside linear portion  32 A on the outer periphery PLw of the welding spot  21 B with the outer periphery PLs of the rotary shaft  15 . 
     In the example shown in  FIG. 15 , two welding spots  21  are provided, but the number of the welding spots is not limited to two. The welding spots  21  may only be provided plurally, and thus three or more welding spots  21  may be provided. 
     Further, the weld angle θ (a first predetermined angle) is changeable depending on the shape of the outer periphery PLs of the rotary shaft  15 . In the present embodiment, the shape of the outer periphery PLs of the rotary shaft  15  is made to be almost circular, and the weld angle θ is set to 65° or more. The shape of the outer periphery PLs of the rotary shaft  15  may be of a circular shape. 
     According to the above-mentioned present embodiment, in a cross-section of the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15  when seen from an axial direction of the insertion hole  14   c , a plurality of the welding spots  21  are provided. Further, a welding spot  21 A and a welding spot  21 B are provided on both ends in an arrangement direction of the welding spot  21  in a weld region Wa constituted by the plurality of welding spots  21 , and the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15  are welded in the welding spot  21 A and the welding spot  21 B such that the outside linear portions  32 A on the outer periphery PLw intersect the outer periphery PLs of the rotary shaft  15  at the first intersection X 1  and at the second intersection X 2 . Furthermore, a weld angle θ is formed by the first linear line SL 1  linking the first intersection X 1  with the sectional center O of the rotary shaft  15  and the second linear line SL 2  linking the second intersection X 2  with the sectional center O of the rotary shaft  15 , and this weld angle θ is set to be a first predetermined angle or more. 
     The weld region Wa is thus constituted by a plurality of welding spots  21  to enlarge the weld angle θ, thus improving the endurability of the welded part without increasing the welding depth of the respective welding spots  21 . Accordingly, the required welding output can be made small, thereby restraining welding distortion and sensitization of the welded part. Therefore, the present embodiment can achieve restraint of the required welding output and also achieve improvement in the endurability of the welded part. 
     Further, welding is performed such that the outside linear portions  32 A of both of the welding spot  21 A and the welding spot  21 B intersect the outer periphery PLs of the rotary shaft  15 , thereby restraining occurrence of errors in the weld angle θ and further restraining occurrence of errors in the endurability of the welded part. 
     Further, in the present embodiment, there is formed a clearance δ between the outer periphery PLh of the insertion hole  14   c  of the valve element  14  and the outer periphery PLs of the rotary shaft  15  in a region other than the weld region Wa. Especially in this structure formed with the clearance δ, stress is concentrated on the welding spots  21 , and therefore the endurability in the stress concentrated part can be improved by adoption of the present technique. 
     Further in the present embodiment, the two welding spots  21  are provided as the welding spot  21 A and the welding spot  21 B that are spaced from each other. Accordingly, the weld angle θ can be made large while reducing the number of the welding spots  21  (in other words, a total welded area formed of the plurality of welding spots  21  is made small). Therefore, a total amount of output required for welding can be restrained and the endurability of the welded part can be improved. 
     Herein, the welding spots  21  are not necessarily spaced from one another as long as the weld angle θ is equal to or more than the first predetermined angle. 
     Further, the weld angle θ (the first predetermined angle) is changed depending on a shape of the outer periphery PLs of the rotary shaft  15 , and in the present embodiment, the shape of the outer periphery PLs of the rotary shaft  15  is of a circular shape or an almost circular shape with arrangement of the weld angle θ of 65° or more. Thus, the endurability of the welding spots  21  can be improved to almost the maximum. 
     Further, when the weld angle θ is large and two welding spots  21  are provided, for example, these two welding spots  21  have a large distance from a center position of the weld region Wa. This may cause unpreferable welding that the valve element  14  is welded to the rotary shaft  15  with inclination caused by strong pulling of the valve element when the welding spot  21  on one end portion of the weld region Wa is to be welded. Therefore, the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15  may not be welded in a desired relative positional relationship. 
     To address this, as shown in  FIG. 16 , when the weld angle θ is large and there is a possibility that the valve element  14  is to be welded with the rotary shaft  15  with inclination, another welding spot  21  ( 21 C) is provided in advance between the welding spots  21  (the welding spot  21 A and the welding spot  21 B) on both ends in the weld region Wa. Specifically, in the present embodiment, when the weld angle θ is set to a second predetermined angle that is larger than the first predetermined angle (for example, larger than 65°) and that could cause inclination in the valve element  14 , at least one welding spot  21  is provided in a center or an almost center of the weld region which is defined by the second predetermined angle. The rotary shaft  15  is thus fixed by providing one welding spot  21  in advance, and then the welding spots  21  on both ends are provided, thereby preventing inclination of the valve element  14 . Accordingly, the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15  can be welded in a desired arrangement state. The “angle that could cause inclination in the valve element  14 ” is an angle that may cause welding of the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15  in an inclined state inclined from the desired arrangement position of the valve element  14  with respect to the rotary shaft  15 . In  FIG. 16 , the weld angle θ is set to 100°, for example. 
     Further, as shown in  FIG. 17 , another welding spot  21  ( 21 C) may be provided in advance between the welding spots  21  (the welding spot  21 A and the welding spot  21 B) on both ends of the weld region Wa. In this example of  FIG. 17 , the welding spot  21 A and the welding spot  21 B are formed along a radial direction (a left and right direction or a lateral direction in  FIG. 17 ) of the valve element  14 . The welding spot  21 A, the welding spot  21 B, and the welding spot  21 C are arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotary shaft  15 , and this “arrangement direction of the welding spots” corresponds to a circumferential direction of the rotary shaft  15 . In  FIG. 17 , the weld angle θ is set to 180°, for example. 
     The above-mentioned embodiments are only exemplification, and not made to limit the present disclosure, and thus various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the disclosure. 
     The welding structure of the present disclosure is not limited to the welding structure of the valve element  14  and the rotary shaft  15  mentioned above, and may be applied to any welding structure of a first member and a second member welded such that the second member is inserted in an insertion hole of the first member. For example, the welding structure of the present disclosure can be applied to a welding structure in which a gear and a shaft are welded such that the shaft is inserted in an insertion hole of the annular gear. 
     Further, the “side face portion” (the “outer side-face portion”) of the present disclosure is not limited to a linear shaped one such as the linear portion  32  (the outside linear portion  32 A), and may be shaped as the one other than a linear shape (for example, a curved shape). 
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               1  Flow control valve 
               2  Valve section 
               3  Motor section 
               13  Valve seat 
               13   a  Rubber sealing portion 
               14  Valve element 
               14   c  Insertion hole 
               14   d  Inner wall surface 
               15  Rotary shaft 
               15   a  Pin 
               15   b  Outer peripheral surface 
               16  Valve hole 
               17  Seat surface 
               18  Sealing surface 
               21  Welding spot 
               31  Curved portion 
               32  Linear portion 
               21 A,  21 B Welding spot 
               32 A Outside linear portion 
             PX Stress concentrated region 
             PLw Outer periphery (of a welding spot) 
             PLs Outer periphery (of a rotary shaft) 
             Wa Weld region 
             X 1  First intersection 
             X 2  Second intersection 
             O Sectional center (of a rotary shaft) 
             SL 1  First linear line 
             SL 2  Second linear line 
             α Predetermined value 
             θ Weld angle 
             δ Clearance