ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,312, issued on March 11, was assigned to Unison Industries LLC (Jacksonville, Fla.).
"Mandrel for electroforming" was invented by Gordon Tajiri (Waynesville, Ohio), Emily Marie Phelps (Bellbrook, Ohio), Dattu G V Jonnalagadda (Ponnur, India), Joseph Richard Schmitt (Springfield, Ohio) and Yanzhe Yang (Mason, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for a mandrel used during an electroforming process. The mandrel is formed of a structural wax and includes a metallic layer utilized to formulate a metal component. During the electroforming process, the mandrel is actively cooled utilizing a closed loop. The closed lo...