US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Sept. 8 for "Filler" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,616, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Airbus Operations Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Filler" was invented by Richard Hewson (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filler for insertion between laminate composite parts, at least one of which has a corner radius, prior to joining together at a joint interface is disclosed. The filler is an elongate section shaped to mitigate ply undulations."

The patent was filed on June 27, 2024, under Application No. 18/756,099.

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