ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,853, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Element Six (UK) Ltd. (Oxfordshire, Great Britain).
"Friction stir welding tool assembly" was invented by Santonu Ghosh (Oxfordshire, Great Britain) and Branislav Dzepina (Oxfordshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a friction stir welding (FSW) tool assembly comprising a bonding layer to bond the tool insert and the tool holder together, wherein the bonding layer is a layer of braze with a melting temperature of at least 900deg C."
The patent was filed on Nov. 29, 2021, under Application No. 18/252,134.
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