US Patent Issued to LINCOLN GLOBAL on Aug. 12 for "Additive manufacturing of tubular joints" (Ohio, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,210, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to LINCOLN GLOBAL INC. (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.).

"Additive manufacturing of tubular joints" was invented by Bryan M. O'Neil (Double Oak, Texas), David M. Douglass (Bay Village, Ohio), Michael S. Flagg (Aurora, Ohio) and Bradley K. Barnhart (Seven Hills, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubular joint includes a tubular substrate extending along an axis. The substrate has a first inner diameter. A first tubular brace member is additively manufactured on the substrate and is connected thereto at a proximal end of the first tubular brace member. A second tubular brace member is additively manuf...