ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,014, issued on March 3, was assigned to Premium Aerotec GmbH (Augsburg, Germany).
"Methods for producing a structural component" was invented by Julian Kuntz (Augsburg, Germany), Markus Kaden (Augsburg, Germany) and Marvin Schneider (Augsburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of manufacturing a structural component each include providing a preformed layered structure including a plurality of layers each having reinforcing fibers embedded in a thermoplastic matrix material, heating the layered structure in a cavity formed between a contour surface and an abutment member to a first temperature, which is greater than a mel...