ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,121, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to DAHER AEROSPACE (Orly, France).
"Method for integrating a fitting between the wings of a profile" was invented by Quentin Barbier (Nantes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention pertains to a method for integrating a fitting fitted between two wings of a composite profile comprising the steps of: obtaining a preform of a fitting impregnated with a thermosetting resin, comprising two flanges and a rib; pre-curing the laminate preform of the fitting to obtain a partial polymerization of the preform; laying up a laminate preform of the profile so that fibers impregnated with a thermos...