US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations (S.A.S.) on April 21 for "Device for manufacturing a stiffened panel making it possible to control the geometry of said stiffened panel, and method for manufacturing a stiffened panel using said device" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,912, issued on April 21, was assigned to Airbus Operations (S.A.S.) (Toulouse, France).

"Device for manufacturing a stiffened panel making it possible to control the geometry of said stiffened panel, and method for manufacturing a stiffened panel using said device" was invented by Jago Pridie (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for manufacturing a stiffened panel with reinforcements which each have a final thickness and a final height. The manufacturing device includes tools configured to each support a preform of fibers having a U-shaped or C-shaped cross section with a base and two wings. Each tool comprises,...