ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,499, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to BAOSTEEL LASERTECHNIK GMBH (Ravensburg, Germany).
"Method for producing a welded T-beam or I-beam profile" was invented by Gerhard Alber (Berg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a welded I-beam profile includes providing a first flat material as a first flange of the I-beam profile, providing a second flat material as a second flange of the I-beam profile, and providing a third flat material as a web of the I-beam profile. The method includes aligning and guiding the first flange between first flange guiding rollers, aligning and guiding the second flange between secon...