ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,741, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies LLC (Kansas City, Mo.).
"Apparatus for a laser welding system" was invented by Bryan Sartin (Kansas City, Mo.) and Michael McNary (Kansas City, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser welding system for welding a component and reducing defects in the weld by ensuring uniform, laminar gas flow over a process area of the system. The laser welding system comprises a laser for welding the component, a platform for supporting the component, an enclosure surrounding the platform, a first actuatable barrier, a second actuatable barrier, an actuator, an...