ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,077, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).
"Continuous ultrasonic welding thermoplastic material for aerospace component repair" was invented by Shyan Bob Shen (San Diego), Michael van Tooren (San Diego), Daniel O. Ursenbach (El Cajon, Calif.), Ryan M. Robinson (San Diego) and Christian Soria (La Mesa, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A repair method is provided during which a thermoplastic patch is arranged on a thermoplastic aerospace component. An ultrasonic horn is arranged on the thermoplastic patch. The thermoplastic patch is vertically between the thermoplastic aerospace component and the ult...