US Patent Issued to LEONARDO on Aug. 11 for "Equipment and process for making a structural element in composite material" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,157, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to LEONARDO S.P.A. (Italy).

"Equipment and process for making a structural element in composite material" was invented by Claudio Berionni (Grottaglie, Italy), Nicola Miani (Grottaglie, Italy) and Pasquale Gambardella (Grottaglie, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to equipment for making a structural element of composite material. The equipment comprises a frame and a laminating mandrel, which is mounted on the frame so that it can rotate about its own central axis; the support frame comprises two headers; the laminating mandrel comprises a central shaft, sectors angularly...