US Patent Issued to Airtech International on July 14 for "Embossed release film, vacuum bagging system, and methods of fabricating composite parts using the same" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,006, issued on July 14, was assigned to Airtech International Inc. (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

"Embossed release film, vacuum bagging system, and methods of fabricating composite parts using the same" was invented by Jeffrey L. Dahlgren (Brentwood, Tenn.), Philip A. Lunn (Warwick, Great Britain) and Zachary I. Skelton (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embossed release film for use in a vacuum bagging system during a process of curing a composite part includes a raised pattern defining an upper air pathway and a lower air pathway. The raised pattern defining the upper air pathway and the lower air pathway negates...