US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 16 for "Hybrid transparent structural composite" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,404, issued on June 16, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Hybrid transparent structural composite" was invented by Bradley Allen Newcomb (Troy, Mich.), Bhavesh Shah (Troy, Mich.) and Joseph M. Polewarczyk (Lake Orion, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for fabricating a hybrid transparent composite structure includes providing a metallic insert and a transparent composite preform including reinforcing fibers and transparent resin; heating the transparent composite preform; and arranging the metallic insert and the transparent composite preform in a mold and applying at least one of heat and pr...