ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,574, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Method for joining, by direct brazing, a first part and a second part, including steps of preparing the surface of at least one of the parts" was invented by Gregory Largiller (Grenoble, France), Philippe Emonot (Grenoble, France) and Rayisa Voytovych (Echirolles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for joining, by brazing, a first part and a second part, the steps of preparing at least one of the parts including the following: a) providing a part intended to be brazed, the part being made of carbon or based on ...