ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,534, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris).

"Method for determining a weaving map" was invented by Pietro Del Sorbo (Moissy Cramayel, France), Anselme Clavier (Moissy Cramayel, France), Guillaume Pichon (Moissy Cramayel, France) and Dominique Marie Christian Coupe (Moissy Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a weaving map of a zone of a part to be manufactured in a woven composite material, includes receiving a representation of the zone of the part; receiving predefined values of parameters relating to manufacturing constraints in the zone of the part; determining, from the representatio...