US Patent Issued to BRANSON ULTRASONICS on March 24 for "Ultrasonic and vibration welding of thermoplastics using a vibratable tool" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,185, issued on March 24, was assigned to BRANSON ULTRASONICS Corp. (Brookfield, Conn.).

"Ultrasonic and vibration welding of thermoplastics using a vibratable tool" was invented by Michael Diker (Danbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for ultrasonic or vibration welding, staking, swaging, forming or degating of a thermoplastic workpiece includes a vibratable horn having a face, a thermoplastic workpiece, and a vibratable tool positioned between the vibratable horn and the thermoplastic workpiece. The system is configured to energize the vibratable horn to transfer energy from the vibratable horn through the vibratabl...