ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,628, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Composite material structure manufacturing jig, method of manufacturing the same, and method of manufacturing composite material structure" was invented by Toshikazu Sana (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite material structure manufacturing jig is used when manufacturing a composite material structure by adhering prepreg to a framework structure including a frame component that includes a channel extending along a longitudinal direction of the frame component. The composite material structure manufacturing jig is inserted in the channel of ...