ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,617, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SENJU METAL INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Brazing paste" was invented by Yoshie Tachibana (Tokyo), Hiroshi Kawanago (Tokyo), Takashi Akagawa (Tokyo), Satoshi Masuda (Tokyo), Masaki Sugiyama (Toyota, Japan), Yosuke Kazumoto (Toyota, Japan), Hisaya Sugimoto (Nagoya, Japan) and Hiroaki Hatsuyama (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brazing paste contain a brazing material in an amount of 80% by mass or more and 95% by mass or less; and a binder in an amount of 5% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less. The brazing material contains a flux in a...