US Patent Issued to SAFRAN, ALBANY on April 21 for "Tracer strand for weaving a composite material part reinforcement" (French, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,903, issued on April 21, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris) and ALBANY (Rochester, N.H.).

"Tracer strand for weaving a composite material part reinforcement" was invented by Dominique Marie Christian Coupe (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Yann Didier Simon Marchal (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Brock Gilbertson (Rollinsford, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracer strand for the weaving of a composite material part reinforcement, the tracer strand including one or more carbon yarns twisted with one or more yarns of a material having a color contrasting with the color of the carbon yarns, the yarns being twisted together according to a twi...