ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,815, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Forge Tech Inc. (Kemah, Texas).
"Apparatus and method for friction welding appurtenances to storage tanks" was invented by Michael Lee Miller (Kemah, Texas), Daniel J. Rybiki (Kemah, Texas), Mathew A. Rybicki (Kemah, Texas) and Andre S. Todd (Kemah, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some implementations of ignition-free welding include attaching fasteners to a tank, the tank having a wall, the wall having two parallel surfaces, the fasteners penetrating only one of the parallel surfaces, wherein the tank resides within a vicinity of a hazardous material, includes securing an appurtenance to ...