ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,019, issued on July 14, was assigned to SKF Aerospace France S.A.S (Perrigny, France).
"Method of manufacturing a part made of composite material" was invented by Florent Denis Fauchery (Montmeyran, France), Florian Vincent Bardy (Perrigny, France), Nicolas Gabriel Pierre Lebosse (Viry, France) and Eric Jean-Marie Deneux (Metz, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a part made of composite material including a thermoplastic or thermosetting matrix reinforced with fibers includes the following steps: winding or depositing pre-impregnated fibers about a mandrel so as to form a preform, the fibers being formed...