US Patent Issued to ATOP on Sept. 8 for "Method and device for laser welding conductor wires" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,484, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ATOP S.p.A. (Barberino Tavarnelle, Italy).

"Method and device for laser welding conductor wires" was invented by Massimo Ponzio (Colle Val d' Elsa, Italy), Rubino Corbinelli (Staggia Senese, Italy) and Daniele Nocciolini (Florence, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for laser welding conductor wires (5, 7), in particular conductor wires (5, 7) arranged in slots (2) of a core (3) of a dynamo electric machine, such as a stator core, to form a winding and a device (35) for laser welding conductor wires (5, 7). A first end (4) of a first conductor wire (5...