US Patent Issued to Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies on Sept. 16 for "System and method for lubricating surfaces of parts" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,330, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies LLC (Kansas City, Mo.).

"System and method for lubricating surfaces of parts" was invented by Michael Richard Herzberg (Kansas City, Mo.), Brandon Kyle Leslie (Lee's Summit, Mo.), Joshua Michael Schnitzler (Kansas City, Mo.) and Krishawn Michele Goodwin (Lee's Summit, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for lubricating a surface of an object comprises generating and directing a laser beam to strike the surface of the object to create an oxide area on the surface struck by the laser beam; and applying a dry film lubricant to the oxide area...