US Patent Issued to CSP INNOVATIONS on Dec. 2 for "Open area core sandwich structure manufacturing tool" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,662, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CSP INNOVATIONS INC. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Open area core sandwich structure manufacturing tool" was invented by Hugh Foran (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Matthew Plauman (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Evan Freeman-Gibb (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Shawn Hawes (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool for manufacturing a sandwich composite material component is provided that includes a lower tool having a surface configured to receive materials for forming the sandwich composite material component. An upper tool is also provided that has a sealing edge and a cutting edge. The upper tool and the l...