ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,295, issued on June 2, 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, and first displacing means for moving a pressurizing body against the moulded parts or vice versa to join contact surfaces of the moulded parts to be fused by welding under pressure. The pressurizing body includes an inductor that generates an electromagnetic field in at least the contact ...