ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,168, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Technische Universiteit Delft (Delft, Netherlands).
"Rounded sonotrode" was invented by Bram Cornelius Petrus Jongbloed (Delft, Netherlands), Irene Fernandez Villegas (Delft, Netherlands) and Julie Jan Edouard Teuwen (Delft, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a sonotrode (100) for welding a material, the sonotrode (100) comprising a welding section (110) configured for contacting the material, wherein the welding section (110) defines a rounded shape (111) in a cross-section parallel to a longitudinal axis (A) of the sonotrode (100), wherein the rounded shape (111...