ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,049, issued on July 14, was assigned to Airbus Operations S.L. (Getafe, Spain).
"Composite manufacturing method and tool" was invented by Jose Manuel Menendez Martin (Getafe, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a tool for manufacturing a composite structure by integrating and curing together semi-finished components by heat and pressure."
The patent was filed on June 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/330,125.
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