MUMBAI, India, May 16 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517039442 A) filed by Jfe Steel Corporation, Tokyo, on April 24, for 'friction element welding method.'

Inventor(s) include Munemura Naoaki; and Taniguchi Koichi.

The application for the patent was published on May 16, under issue no. 20/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The objective of the present invention is to provide a friction element welding method. A friction element welding method according to the present invention is a method for welding a plate set obtained by overlaying two or more metal plates, by pressing an element into the plate set while rotating the element, the method including, befor...