US Patent Issued to Rohr on Jan. 20 for "Method and apparatus for ultrasonic welding thermoplastic components" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,136, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Method and apparatus for ultrasonic welding thermoplastic components" was invented by Zhigang Wang (South Windsor, Conn.), Andrzej E. Kuczek (Bristol, Conn.), Wenping Zhao (Glastonbury, Conn.), John J. Gangloff (Middletown, Conn.) and Justin B. Alms (Coventry, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an ultrasonic welding tool having a longitudinal axis is provided that includes an ultrasonic tool, a tapered step horn, an ultrasonic transducer, and a plurality of helical grooves. The ultrasonic tool (UT) has a diame...