ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,188, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Method for joining components and component composite" was invented by Bernhard Glueck (Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany), Robert Kirschner (Olching, Germany) and Ulrich Schmid (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for joining a first component to a second component includes providing a first component with a first joining part receiving section and creating a joining part on and/or in the first joining part receiving section via a generative method. The method also includes providing a second component with a second joining part receiving section, and...