ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,601, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Pulse Forge Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Method for curing thermosetting polymers" was invented by Kurt A. Schroder (Coupland, Texas), Vahid Akhavan Attar (Austin, Texas) and Vikram Shreeshail Turkani (Austin, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for curing thermosetting polymers is disclosed. A thermosetting polymer precursor is deposited on a substrate. After the thermosetting polymer precursor has been preheated, the thermosetting polymer precursor is then exposed to a light pulse from a flashlamp while it is being cooled simultaneously in order to maintain an average temperature of the t...