ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,117, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MULTIMATERIAL-WELDING AG (Biel, Switzerland).
"Securing a second object to a first object" was invented by Slobodan Glavaski (Biel, Switzerland) and Valentin Bersier (Lausanne, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing an assembly is disclosed. The method includes providing a first object, wherein the first object has an indentation with a sidewall, and providing the second object, wherein the second object has a lateral outer surface portion, and wherein one of the sidewall and the lateral outer surface portion is a thermoplastic material. The lateral outer surface p...