ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,632, issued on April 7, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).

"Techniques and assemblies for joining components using solid retainer materials" was invented by Charles Alan Bulgrin (Indianapolis), Matthew T. Kush (Indianapolis), Rusty M. Garner (Indianapolis) and Carl R. Russo (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure describes example techniques and assemblies for joining a first component and a second component. The techniques may include positioning the first and second component adjacent to each other to define a joint region between adjacent portions of the first component and the second component. ...