US Patent Issued to LEONARDO on April 14 for "Method and device for joining composite material elements" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,099, issued on April 14, was assigned to LEONARDO S.P.A. (Italy).

"Method and device for joining composite material elements" was invented by Alessandro Serio (Da Monteiasi a Grottaglie, Italy), Nicola Gallo (Da Monteiasi a Grottaglie, Italy) and Stefano Giuseppe Corvaglia (Da Monteiasi a Grottaglie, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of joining a first element in composite material with a second element in composite material to define a structural component of an aircraft comprising arranging the first element in contact on the second element; applying a non-rigid heating layer on the first element; applying a layer of s...