US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on April 7 for "Automated fiber placement device for preform manufacturing" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,732, issued on April 7, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Automated fiber placement device for preform manufacturing" was invented by Yong Beom Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an automated fiber placement (AFP) device for preform manufacturing. The AFP device includes a feeder configured to feed a sheet-type fiber composite material, a molding part configured to mold a sheet-type structure by allowing a roller member to compress the sheet-type fiber composite material, and a compressing part configured to compress an upper surface of the str...