US Patent Issued to Kulicke and Soffa Industries on Oct. 20 for "Sonotrodes for ultrasonic welding systems, ultrasonic welding systems, and related methods" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,630, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. (Fort Washington, Pa.).

"Sonotrodes for ultrasonic welding systems, ultrasonic welding systems, and related methods" was invented by Henri Seppaenen (Irvine, Calif.) and Tyler Ownby (Celina, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sonotrode configured for use in an ultrasonic welding system is provided. The sonotrode includes a body portion terminating at a tip portion, the tip portion includes (i) an alignment feature and (ii) a working surface configured to press against a base portion of a conductive pin during an ultrasonic welding process. The working surfa...