US Patent Issued to GENERAL ELECTRIC on Feb. 17 for "Automated fiber placement assembly" (Massachusetts, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,112, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Automated fiber placement assembly" was invented by Arthur William Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.), Nicholas Joseph Kray (Mason, Ohio), Elzbieta Kryj-Kos (Liberty Township, Ohio) and Douglas Lorrimer Armstrong (Needham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure herein provides an automated fiber placement assembly for forming a component, such as for a turbine engine or non-turbine engine system, by the placement of separate layers or strips of fiber tows. The automated fiber placement assembly comprises a heated pressure roller to heat the strip o...