US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations, Airbus (S.A.S.) on Aug. 4 for "Friction stir welding method and device, as well as workpiece comprising a butt weld seam" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,677, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) and Airbus (S.A.S.) (Blagnac, France).

"Friction stir welding method and device, as well as workpiece comprising a butt weld seam" was invented by Peter Linde (Hamburg, Germany) and Blanka Lenczowski (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for friction stir welding along a butt joint weld line (40). A welding device (70) includes a probe assembly (90) including at least a first and second probe device (100a, 100b). A first and second part (31a, 31b) to be joined along the weld line (40) are provided, wherein the parts are each formed as ...