US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 9 for "Ultrasonic welding apparatus, assembling system, and assembling method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,517, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Ultrasonic welding apparatus, assembling system, and assembling method" was invented by Takahiro Iwaya (Toyota, Japan), Yasunao Tsujimura (Okazaki, Japan), Yuusuke Nakagawa (Toyota, Japan) and Kimihiro Yano (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is possible to weld first and second members at various angles and allow melted members to flow onto a welding surface without dripping downward. An ultrasonic welding apparatus includes: a first robot including a holding part configured to hold a first member rotatably and tiltably and a moving part con...