ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,066, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).
"Method and system for welding thermoplastic panels" was invented by Robert Lechner (Chula Vista, Calif.), Jonathan S. Huang (Pasadena, Calif.) and Michael van Tooren (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for welding thermoplastic components is provided. The system includes a component positioning system and a welding subsystem. The component positioning system includes a trailing force applicator having first and second lateral side trailing force applicators disposed on opposite lateral sides of a weld line. The welding subsystem is con...