US Patent Issued to Transportation IP Holdings on March 18 for "Closed socket brazed joint assembly" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,769, issued on March 18, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC.

"Closed socket brazed joint assembly" was invented by Andreas Athanassios Apostolopoulos (Erie, Pa.), James Wayne (Erie, Pa.), Alan Frampton (Erie, Pa.), Kyle Kessler (Erie, Pa.) and Ramesh Edara (Lawrence Park, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closed socket brazed joint assembly includes a first member, a second member with a first end having first and second faying surfaces, a socket in the first member that receives the second member with a faying surface with at least two portions separated by a first fillet. Before application of energy to the joint, t...