US Patent Issued to HUTCHINSON AERONAUTIQUE & INDUSTRIE LTEE on Feb. 17 for "Process for manufacturing a composite panel" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,115, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to HUTCHINSON AERONAUTIQUE & INDUSTRIE LTEE (Montreal).

"Process for manufacturing a composite panel" was invented by Martin Levesque (Quebec, Canada), Jean-Philippe Larose (Quebec, Canada) and Franck Guillemand (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for manufacturing a composite panel includes providing at least one first ply of a woven or nonwoven dry material, the first ply defining a peripheral contour. A structuring element is placed inside the peripheral contour of said first ply, over at least one portion of this peripheral contour. A second ply of a woven or nonwoven dry ...