US Patent Issued to Novelis on Oct. 7 for "Metal joiner system, associated methods, and products" (Georgia, Ohio, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,329, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Novelis Inc. (Atlanta).

"Metal joiner system, associated methods, and products" was invented by Dechao Lin (Kennesaw, Ga.), Dewei Zhu (Marietta, Ga.), ChangOok Son (Marietta, Ga.), Kyle Haines (Kennesaw, Ga.), Louis Mitchell Nazro (Acworth, Ga.), Doug Keim (Phoenix, N.Y.), Curtis Eddie (Newton Falls, Ohio), Devesh Mathur (Marietta, Ga.) and David Anthony Gaensbauer (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal joiner system includes a power source and a metal joiner. The metal joiner includes a cleaning header, a cutting header, a joining header, and a joint finisher, each of which are communic...