US Patent Issued to Rohr on Dec. 2 for "Method and apparatus for joining thermoplastic composite components" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,624, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Method and apparatus for joining thermoplastic composite components" was invented by Michael van Tooren (San Diego) and Milan Mitrovic (Del Mar, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of blind welding thermoplastic composite components is provided. The method includes providing a first and second thermoplastic composite components each having a bonding surface. The first thermoplastic composite component has a first melting temperature and the second thermoplastic composite component has a second melting temperature; providing an interface layer having a ...