ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,771, issued on March 18, was assigned to NovaTec GmbH Innovative Technologie (Hattersheim, Germany).

"Anvil, anvil carrier and ultrasonic welding device" was invented by Daniel Fink (Russelsheim, Germany), Markus Bingel (Nidderau, Germany) and Boris Skledar (Niedernhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an anvil (1) for an ultrasonic welding device (100), the anvil (1) comprising: -a working surface (2) formed on the anvil (1), on which working surface an object to be welded by means of ultrasonic vibrations is to rest; and-a bearing surface (3) formed on the anvil (1); wherein the bearing surface ha...