ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,968, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY (Wichita, Kan.).
"Systems and methods for induction welding" was invented by Waruna Seneviratne (Wichita, Kan.), John Tomblin (Wichita, Kan.) and Brandon Saathoff (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An induction welder for inductively welding two or more components has an induction coil for applying a magnetic field to a weld site of the two or more components to inductively weld the two or more components together. The induction coil includes a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end is positioned proximate the weld site of the two or more components to...