ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,812, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Composites with internal sandwich construction" was invented by Bradley Allen Newcomb (Troy, Mich.) and Xiaosong Huang (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molded part includes a composite sandwich structure including a first substrate including a first reinforcing fiber attached to the first substrate using thread. A resin layer is arranged adjacent to the first substrate. A second substrate is arranged adjacent to the resin layer and includes a second reinforcing fiber attached to the second substrate using thread. An over-molding resin e...