US Patent Issued to Baosteel Lasertechnik on July 22 for "Method for transporting flat materials to be welded in the production of a welded beam and device for same" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,055, issued on July 22, was assigned to Baosteel Lasertechnik GmbH (Ravensburg, Germany).

"Method for transporting flat materials to be welded in the production of a welded beam and device for same" was invented by Gerhard Alber (Berg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for transporting flat materials to be welded together, specifically a first flange and/or a second flange and a web for producing a beam through a welding station. The flat materials are aligned and guided by rollers. A slide is arranged upstream of the welding station in the run-through direction and a gripper is arranged downstream of the we...