ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,187, issued on July 21, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit), Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Mich.) and CSP Innovations Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Resin transfer molding in composite manufacturing" was invented by Selina Xinyue Zhao (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Venkateshwar R. Aitharaju (Troy, Mich.), Roger G. Ghanem (Los Angeles), Douglas Bradley (Milford, Mich.) and Adam Burley (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resin transfer molding system includes a resin transfer mold configured to mold a composite material via resin injection and curing, a pressure senso...