US Patent Issued to Blue Origin Manufacturing on March 31 for "Wire-feed friction stir additive manufacturing systems, devices, and methods" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,446, issued on March 31, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Wire-feed friction stir additive manufacturing systems, devices, and methods" was invented by Weidong Song (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A friction stir additive manufacturing system is provided. In one aspect, the system includes a spindle configured to rotate about a central axis, and a housing configured to receive at least a portion of the spindle, the housing configured to remain stationary relative to the spindle. The housing includes a wire inlet extending between an exterior surface of the housing and an interior ...