US Patent Issued to Taiwan Mask on June 23 for "Thick steel plate assembly welded by laser welding and laser welding method thereof" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,742, issued on June 23, was assigned to Taiwan Mask Corp. (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

"Thick steel plate assembly welded by laser welding and laser welding method thereof" was invented by Li-Wen Lai (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Wei-Lun Tsai (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Ching-Cheng Chen (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Chih-Hui Tai (Hsinchu County, Taiwan) and Hsin-I Ho (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thick steel plate assembly welded by laser welding and a laser welding method thereof are disclosed. The thick steel plate assembly comprises two steel plates and a filler region. A joint face of the steel plates extends along ...