ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,793, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Fibron Pipe GESMBH (St. Valentin, Austria).
"Method for producing a flexible composite pipe, and thermoplastic composite pipe" was invented by Andreas Kessler (Pullach im Isartal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a flexible thermoplastic composite pipe, wherein the method comprises the following steps: applying a first ply of a reinforcing layer onto a plastics pipe; consolidating the first ply of the reinforcing layer with the plastics pipe, wherein at least the first ply of the reinforcing layer is brought to a first temperature which leads to at least partial melti...