ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,782, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MAHLE International GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Joining method, and device for such" was invented by Franciszek Olejnik (Stuttgart, Germany), Marcin Bruchwalski (Stuttgart, Germany), Krzysztof Kurzawa (Stuttgart, Germany), Dominik Pacyna (Stuttgart, Germany), Pawel Magas (Stuttgart, Germany) and Bartosz Hybsz (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a device for obtaining a joint between two surfaces of two parts that have a simple curvature are proposed in which a mandrel is placed below the first surface, which contains a moving stamp in its interior. A template is plac...