US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on March 31 for "In-situ compaction during z-fiber reinforcement of dry fiber preforms" (California, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,525, issued on March 31, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"In-situ compaction during z-fiber reinforcement of dry fiber preforms" was invented by Katherine Emily Waugh (Coronado, Calif.) and Kyle Rosenbrock (Pueblo, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for in-situ compaction during z-fiber reinforcement of a dry fiber preform is provided. The method includes positioning a needling assembly adjacent to the dry fiber preform, compacting, via a compaction foot of the needing assembly, the dry fiber preform in a first direction, and needling, via a set of barbed needles, at least a portion of the dry fiber pref...