ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,065, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ASAHI KASEI K.K. (Tokyo).
"Formed article, welding method, and method of manufacturing formed article" was invented by Kenta Hiwatashi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A formed article obtained by performing laser welding on a transmitting resin member and an absorbing resin member, includes: a bonded part where the transmitting resin member and the absorbing resin member are bonded to each other by the laser welding, in which a molten pool is observed at the bonded part in a cross section that includes a normal to the transmitting resin member or the absorbing resin member and is orthogon...