US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on March 3 for "Acoustic softening of non-newtonian material" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,863, issued on March 3, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Acoustic softening of non-newtonian material" was invented by Robert H. Dietze Jr. (Brighton, Mich.), Christopher Brady (Madison Heights, Mich.), Megan E. McGovern (Detroit), Dmitriy Bruder (Clinton Township, Mich.), Robin James (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Jeffrey A. Abell (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A viscosity reduction system includes: a dispenser including: an inlet configured to receive a fluid; an outlet configured to dispense the fluid onto a surface; and a flow channel that fluidly connects the inlet with the o...