US Patent Issued to FIVES MACHINING SYSTEMS on July 21 for "Fiber placement machine with composite tape film removal" (Kentucky, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,185, issued on July 21, was assigned to FIVES MACHINING SYSTEMS INC. (Fond Du Lac, Wis.).

"Fiber placement machine with composite tape film removal" was invented by Michael N. Grimshaw (Milford, Ohio) and Thomas C. Grace (Taylor Mill, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber placement head for applying a plurality of composite tape segments on a mold includes a supply roll for storing and supplying composite tape having a backing film to the fiber placement head; a film roll for receiving the backing film from the composite tape that is removed from the film roll; an electric motor that rotates the supply roll or the film roll; and...