US Patent Issued to National Oilwell Varco on July 22 for "Systems and methods for wire arc additive manufacturing" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,042, issued on July 22, was assigned to National Oilwell Varco LP (Houston).

"Systems and methods for wire arc additive manufacturing" was invented by Mark Mruczek (Houston), Carl Torres Jr. (Houston) and Chris Desadier (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, a non-transitory computer readable medium for executing instructions, and a method for fabricating a subsea connector, including selecting a substrate on which to form the subsea connector, positioning the substrate on a welding positioner base, and applying a first weld bead using a first multiple axis robot, applying a second weld bead using a second multiple axis ro...