ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,579, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NovaTec GmbH Innovative Technologie (Hattersheim, Germany).
"Sonotrode bearing for an 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: "This invention relates to a sonotrode bearing for an ultrasonic welding device. The bearing comprises: a frame, wherein the frame at least partially delimits an opening for receiving the sonotrode; wherein the frame is designed in the region of the opening to support the sonotrode in the opening; wherein the frame is designed i...