ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,430, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to McLaren Automotive Ltd. (Woking, Great Britain).
"Preform assembly" was invented by Joseph Gary Elford (woking, Great Britain) and Mathew Philip Rutt (Woking, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tape comprising: a backing layer; and an epoxy resin layer adhered to a first surface of the backing layer in a spiral pattern, the first surface providing a first level of adherence to the epoxy resin layer so that when the epoxy resin layer is applied to a surface the backing layer can be removed from the epoxy resin layer."
The patent was filed on Oct. 21, 2021, under Application No. 18/034...