US Patent Issued to Rohr on Sept. 22 for "Thermoplastic composite component with vibration welded non-parallel surfaces and method for producing the same" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,426, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Thermoplastic composite component with vibration welded non-parallel surfaces and method for producing the same" was invented by Shyan Bob Shen (San Diego), Michael van Tooren (San Diego), Jeffrey D. Woods (Beaumont, Calif.) and Alan Phillips (Ballynahinch, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for joining thermoplastic composite includes: providing a first part having a first joining surface disposed in a first plane and a second joining surface disposed in a second plane that is non-parallel to the first plane; providing a second part having...