ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,403, issued on June 16, was assigned to KOK & VAN ENGELEN COMPOSITE STRUCTURES B.V. (The Hague, Netherlands).

"Method and device for electromagnetic spot welding of moulded parts" was invented by Maarten Labordus (Delft, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for electromagnetic spot welding of moulded parts includes a pressurizing body, first displacing means configured for moving a pressurizing surface of the pressurizing body against the moulded parts or vice versa to join contact surfaces of the moulded parts to be fused by welding under pressure, an inductor provided in the pressurizing body and configured to genera...