US Patent Issued to Patria Aerostructures on June 2 for "Composite element and method of manufacturing the same" (Finnish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,297, issued on June 2, was assigned to Patria Aerostructures Oy (Halli, Finland).

"Composite element and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Mika Mustakangas (Halli, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite element and a method of manufacturing the same. The composite element comprises a first skin plate and second skin plate, which are manufactured as separate pieces and are assembled in a separate phase. At least the first skin plate comprises several protrusions on an outer surface of the plate. The protrusions serve as local stiffeners and are further stiffened by means of one or more additional composite s...