US Patent Issued to Old Dominion University on March 24 for "Fabrication and component fusion process utilizing heating and compaction of components in a granular support medium" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,150, issued on March 24, was assigned to Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Va.).

"Fabrication and component fusion process utilizing heating and compaction of components in a granular support medium" was invented by Oleksandr G Kravchenko (Yorktown, Va.) and Jimesh Bhagatji (Norfolk, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a method of fabrication used in conjunction with simplified fabrication process such as sheet cutting or additive material manufacturing which can cure many deficiencies of laminar bonding or assembly processes including curing of micro-voids or delamination between layers of a component, as well as...