ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,630, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Forming a preform into a shaped body" was invented by Luby R. Weaver (Redlands, Calif.), Katherine E. Waugh (Coronado, Calif.), Christopher C. Koroly (Spring Valley, Calif.), Anthony H. Becher (Hesperia, Calif.) and Vijay V. Pujar (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing method is disclosed herein. The method includes arranging a preform with a plurality of clamping assemblies, the plurality of clamping assemblies disposed along ends of the preform; and forming the preform into a shaped body, the forming including incrementally tensioning the pr...