ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,390, issued on March 31, was assigned to A&P TECHNOLOGY INC. (Cincinnati).
"Interlocking braided structures" was invented by Andrew Head (Cincinnati), Victor M. Ivers (Amelia, Ohio) and Alexandra G. Ivers (Amelia, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite structural component including a braided material embedded in a resin matrix, the braided material with multiple braided components formed of continuous tows and connected by one or more intersections are described. Each of the multiple braided components is formed by sets of tows. Each set of tows includes a respective plurality of tows, which are substantially adjacent and ...