ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,477, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to OSAKA UNIVERSITY (Osaka, Japan).
"Linear friction-joining method and linear friction-joining structure" was invented by Hidetoshi Fujii (Osaka, Japan), Yoshiaki Morisada (Osaka, Japan) and Yasuhiro Aoki (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an easy and efficient linear friction-joining method with which it is possible to form an excellent joined section between materials being joined that are of different sizes and shapes, and a linear friction-joining structure obtained through the aforementioned friction-joining method. The present invention discloses a linear friction-joi...