Patents Assigned to EWI, Inc. (Edison Welding Institute, Inc.)
  • Patent number: 10029409
    Abstract: An ultrasonic welding system that includes an ultrasonic transducer configured to convert electricity to generate ultrasonic waves, wherein the waves propagate along a first direction from the transducer; and a sonotrode that includes a single-component body having nodal and anti-nodal regions, and configured to propagate ultrasonic waves received at a nodal region along a first direction; a plurality of redirecting features formed in the body and configured to cause received ultrasonic waves propagating along the first direction to propagate along a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, upon encountering one or more of the redirecting features; wherein the body is further configured to stretch and compress along the second direction based on corresponding peaks and valleys of the waves propagating along the second direction; and at least one ultrasonic welding surface at an anti-nodal region of the body configured to oscillate based on the stretching and compressing, wherein opposing ends o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: EWI, Inc. (Edison Welding Institute, Inc.)
    Inventors: Matthew A. Short, Pak Meng Cham, Glenn T. Jordan