US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Dec. 23 for "Method of permanently joining composite parts made from thermoplastic material, arrangement of composite parts, and aircraft" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,842, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Method of permanently joining composite parts made from thermoplastic material, arrangement of composite parts, and aircraft" was invented by Claus-Peter Gross (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of permanently joining composite parts made from thermoplastic material includes providing a first composite part and a second composite part, both made from thermoplastic material, wherein an orifice is provided in at least one of the composite parts, positioning both composite parts such that a portion of the composite part which inclu...