US Patent Issued to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE on March 25 for "Method of localized consolidation of parts assembled by molecular adhesion" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,290, issued on March 25, was assigned to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE (Paris).

"Method of localized consolidation of parts assembled by molecular adhesion" was invented by Mathieu Picard (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Bruno Letourneur (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Bastien Henault (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Alice Garnier (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of assembling together a first part and at least one second part that are made of materials compatible with bonding by molecular adhesion includes a step of pressing a first surface of the first part against a second surface of the second part so as to crea...