ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,259, issued on July 28, was assigned to LISA DRAXLMAIER GMBH (Vilsbiburg, Germany).
"Friction welding connector and its method of production" was invented by Christoph Forstmeier (Landshut, Germany), Klaus Specht (Geisenhausen, Germany) and Ludwig Stephan (Mining, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making an electrical connection is here proposed. The method includes the steps of joining a first contact member to a second contact member in a material-to-material contact. The method steps for the same include: providing the first contact part, which towards the second contact part has a male, first joining section as a...