US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on May 12 for "Cooling methods for ultrasonic forming and bonding of polymeric webs" (Ohio, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,206, issued on May 12, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Cooling methods for ultrasonic forming and bonding of polymeric webs" was invented by Todd Douglas Lenser (Liberty Township, Ohio), Randall Allen Myers (Fairfield, Ohio), Gerald F. Rocha (Bedford, N.H.) and Nicholas G. Lehoullier (Goffstown, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses for manufacturing portions of absorbent articles may include or facilitate conveying a substrate through a nip formed between a first device and a second device, transmitting vibrational energy from the second device toward the first device via the nip to alter...