ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,641, issued on March 25, was assigned to ETXE-TAR S.A. (Elgoibar, Spain).
"Method and system for heating using an energy beam" was invented by Jose Juan Gabilondo (Elgoibar, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for heat treatment of an object of sheet metal, includes the step of heating at least one selected portion of the object using an energy beam. The beam is projected onto a surface of the object so as to produce a primary spot on the object, the beam being repetitively scanned in two dimensions in accordance with a scanning pattern so as to establish an effective spot on the object, the effective spot having a two-dim...