ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,649, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Surface treating component with vibration assisted rolling tool" was invented by Tahany El-Wardany (Vernon, Conn.), Benjamin Bedard (Manchester, Conn.), Peter Wrabel (Windsor Locks, Conn.), Randy P. Salva (Baltic, Conn.), Sonia A. Martinez (Port Saint Lucie, Fla.), Joseph B. Wysocki (Somers, Conn.), Krzysztof Barnat (Berlin, Conn.), Stephen Gormley (Manchester, Conn.), Steven T. Holland (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Andrew P. Frasca (Canton, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operation is provided during which a tool is arranged with a surface of a compo...