US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE, ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND on Dec. 9 for "Component treatment method and apparatus" (Singaporean, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,601, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London) and ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG (Dahlewitz, Germany).

"Component treatment method and apparatus" was invented by Abhay Gopinath (Singapore), Arun Prasanth Nagalingam (Singapore), Goetz G Feldmann (Oberursel, Germany), Thomas Haubold (Wehrheim, Germany) and Senthil Kumar Anantharajan (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for modifying the mechanical and surface properties of a component. The method involves: removably attaching a component to at least one component support that is located within a vibratory trough of a component treatment apparatus, th...