US Patent Issued to LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (LIST) on Aug. 25 for "Method and device for infrared welding of polymer composites" (Luxembourger Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,177, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (LIST) (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg).

"Method and device for infrared welding of polymer composites" was invented by Henri Perrin (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg), Loic Borghini (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg) and Sebastien Klein (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for infrared welding of two carbon-fibre reinforced thermoplastic workpieces that enables to obtain pieces of better quality and strength. The system removes the heating means and engages the contact between the two workpieces faster."

The pa...