ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,223, issued on June 16, was assigned to DANFOSS SILICON POWER GMBH (Flensburg, Germany).

"Pressure-sintering method employing deformation uptake means" was invented by Mohammad Goushegir (Flensburg, Germany), Martin Becker (Kiel, Germany), Ralf Kalischko (Flensburg, Germany) and Fernando Sanchez (Flensburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for fixing an attachment object to a side of a patterned object comprising a plurality of protrusions with tip portions, by pressure-sintering. A deformation uptake means made of a material having a lower yield strength and/or a lower hardness than the tip portions, is arranged betwe...