US Patent Issued to Blue Origin Manufacturing on April 7 for "Laser material fusion under vacuum, and associated systems and methods" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,625, issued on April 7, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Laser material fusion under vacuum, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Nicholas James Keleshian (Kent, Wash.), Christina Michelle Valenzuela (Kent, Wash.), Chad Michael Ellison (Kent, Wash.) and Christopher Ryan Long (Kent, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for laser beam welding in a vacuum and for controlling laser beam welding processes, such as for use in manufacturing aerospace parts, are described herein. In some embodiments, a laser beam welding system can include an optical head movably positioned...