ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,589, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to DOBEN Ltd. (Windsor, Canada).

"System and method with floating welder for high rate production welding" was invented by Larry Koscielski (Lasalle, Canada), Gregory I. Heuchan (Windsor, Canada), Eric Michaud (Amherstburg, Canada), Matt Branoff (Lasalle, Canada) and Darcey D. Renaud (Lasalle, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A securing system, such as a welding system, includes a robot configured to transfer a part to a home position. A securing station has a frame and a gun supported on the frame. The gun includes first and second members movable relative to one another, which are first and...