US Patent Issued to University of Louisville Research Foundation on Feb. 24 for "Method for interlocking multi-material interface design" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,855, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc. (Louisville, Ky.).

"Method for interlocking multi-material interface design" was invented by Li Yang (Crestwood, Ky.), Sumit Paul (Louisville, Ky.) and Antonio Coriano (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for interlocking a multi-material interface includes forming interlocking mechanisms on a body, the interlocking mechanisms forming protrusions and cavities, wherein the interlocking mechanisms and the body comprise a base material. The method further includes covering the protrusions and filling the cavities with a filling ...