US Patent Issued to DMC Global on Dec. 2 for "Method and apparatus for additive friction stir manufactured transition joint" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,872, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to DMC Global Inc. (Broomfield, Colo.).

"Method and apparatus for additive friction stir manufactured transition joint" was invented by Curtis Erwin Prothe (Brevard, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dissimilar metal article may include a first metallic component including a first metal material, a second metallic component comprising a second metal material, and a transition joint provided between and bonding a first metallic component first end surface to a second metallic component first end surface. An additive flow material may be further provided to the dissimilar metal article to strength...