ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,814, issued on July 1, was assigned to GROB-WERKE Gmbh & Co. KG (Mindelheim, Germany).

"Device and method for welding together conductor ends of a component of an electric machine" was invented by Konstantin Hofmann (Mindelheim, Germany) and Rene Schurer (Mering St. Afra, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a method for welding together conductor ends disposed on a component of an electric machine in a conductor end assembly. To be able to also process larger conductor end assemblies in a safe process, more rapidly and with considerably lower costs, the device includes an illuminating device for illuminating the conduc...