ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,819, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Fiber preform, fiber preform precursor, and method for manufacturing fiber preform" was invented by Ichiya Takahashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber preform includes first fiber tows located in a first area on a base, a second fiber tow located in a second area on the base other than the first area and stitched onto the base with a water-insoluble fixing thread, and a fixer located across the first fiber tows to fix parts of the first fiber tows to the base. The fixer is a third fiber tow stitched onto the base with a water-insoluble fixing thread...