US Patent Issued to Triad National Security on Nov. 11 for "Equipment for simultaneous or near-simultaneous flash sintering and forging" (New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,971, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Triad National Security LLC (Los Alamos, Texas).

"Equipment for simultaneous or near-simultaneous flash sintering and forging" was invented by Rubens Ingraci Neto (Los Alamos, N.M.), Erofili Kardoulaki (Los Alamos, N.M.), Darrin David Byler (Los Alamos, N.M.) and Kenneth James Mcclellan (Los Alamos, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide equipment, systems, devices, apparatuses, methods, and/or the like for flash sinter-forging, or simultaneous or near-simultaneous flash sintering and forging to produce dense and net or near-net shaped objects. Embodim...