ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,853, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Spirit AeroSystems Inc. (Wichita, Kan.).
"Semi-conformable pressure application system and method for joining composite parts" was invented by Kerrick Robert Dando (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for fusing at least two thermoplastic composite components together may include placing faying surfaces of the thermoplastic composite components in contact with each other, placing a separation layer over and against one of the thermoplastic composite components, and placing a multi-layer composite pressure pad over and in contact with the separation layer. The method...