ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,369, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Welding method and welding apparatus" was invented by Tomomichi Yasuoka (Tokyo), Takashi Kayahara (Tokyo), Toshiaki Sakai (Tokyo), Ryosuke Nishii (Tokyo) and Takashi Shigematsu (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of welding a workpiece by using a laser is provided which includes disposing a workpiece in a region to be irradiated with laser light from a laser oscillator; and irradiating the workpiece with the laser light from the laser oscillator such that an irradiated portion of the workpiece is melted and welded while sweeping the laser light ov...