ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,748, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Method of manufacturing adhered components" was invented by Shinichiro Mori (Okazaki, Japan), Ryota Aoki (Okazaki, Japan), Hiroyasu Kado (Seto, Japan), Hiroya Takeuchi (Toyota, Japan) and Yuuki Yamazaki (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing adhered components includes a process of applying adhesive to application areas on a surface of a first component, a process of placing a second component above the first component, and a process of pressurizing the second component toward the first component. In the pressurization proce...