Patents by Inventor Patrick Lester

Patrick Lester has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190047075
    Abstract: Disclosed are welds formed from improved resistance spot welding, as well as methods of improved resistance spot welding. Resistance spot welding includes positioning a magnet carrier having a plurality of electromagnets on at least one electrode of two electrodes. The method includes positioning a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet between the two electrodes where at least one of the first metal sheet or the second metal sheet includes an aluminum alloy. The method includes positioning the forming a weld nugget by applying a magnetic field from the plurality of electromagnets through the weld while applying a current through the electrodes to stir a portion of the first metal sheet and the second metal sheet forming a weld nugget and adjusting the magnetic field to control at least one characteristic of the weld nugget. Forming the weld nugget joins the first metal sheet with the second metal sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Novelis Inc.
    Inventors: Courtney Timms, Brian Paradis, Louis Mitchell Nazro, Julio Malpica, Rainer Kossak, Samuel Robert Wagstaff, Xiao Chai, Patrick Lester, Dechao Lin