US Patent Issued to BAE Systems on Oct. 27 for "Functionalized tape for the manufacture of fibre-reinforced composite parts" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,718, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to BAE Systems plc (London).

"Functionalized tape for the manufacture of fibre-reinforced composite parts" was invented by Gregory Elliot Nash (Samlesbury, Great Britain) and Christopher Dighton (Filton Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of providing a functionalized veil or tape for manufacture of fibre-reinforced composite parts, the method comprising: depositing functional particles (12) in and/or on a veil or tape (11), by flowing F a fluid (13), through the veil or tape (11), to provide the functionalized veil or tape, wherein the veil or tape comprises reinforceme...