US Patent Issued to FLex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development on Nov. 3 for "Vibration welding groove" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,789, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to FLex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development LLC (Windsor, Canada).

"Vibration welding groove" was invented by Brian Foster (Warren, Mich.), Jeffrey Dingess (Allen Park, Mich.) and Chin Yi (Allen Park, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration welding groove system may include a first component having a joining surface with a groove region, where the groove region comprises a groove formed in the joining surface. The first component includes a base region lacking the groove in the joining surface and a transition region located between the groove region and the base region. The transition regi...