US Patent Issued to The Texas A&M University System on May 27 for "Radio frequency heating for rapid curing of nanocomposite adhesives" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,507, issued on May 27, was assigned to The Texas A&M University System (College Station, Texas).

"Radio frequency heating for rapid curing of nanocomposite adhesives" was invented by Charles Brandon Sweeney (College Station, Texas) and Micah J. Green (College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-contact method of joining two components via direct heating of a thermoset adhesive includes applying the thermoset adhesive to at least a first component of the two components. The thermoset adhesive includes a susceptor to reacts in the presence of an electromagnetic field. The method includes placing the first component and ...