ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,477, issued on May 27, was assigned to NOK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Welding jig device and method for producing part" was invented by Junpei Inoue (Kanagawa, Japan), Noriyuki Goto (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuichi Sakata (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kento Nagamatsu (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is used for forming a part by welding a plurality of members together, and includes a jig on one side having a joint face on one side, which is adapted to contact one of faces exposed on the outer surface sides of the plurality of members overlaid one on top of the other, and an opening on one side corresponding to a portion of desired weld...