ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,013, issued on May 12, was assigned to Technische Universitat Chemnitz.
"Method for determining the temperature in a joining zone" was invented by Guntram Wagner (Otterberg, Germany), Andreas Gester (Chemnitz, Germany) and Marco Thoma (Chemnitz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for determining the temperature in a joining zone in a vibration welding process, wherein a first joining partner (1) and a second joining partner (2) are welded together, characterised in that the first and second joining partners (1, 2) act as a thermocouple, wherein, using a first measuring element (5) contacting the f...