US Patent Issued to TechnipFMC Subsea France on Aug. 4 for "Method for manufacturing a strip of composite material intended to form a tubular structure and corresponding installation" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,783, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TechnipFMC Subsea France (France).

"Method for manufacturing a strip of composite material intended to form a tubular structure and corresponding installation" was invented by Anh Tuan Do (Cormeilles en Parisis, France), Laurent Juras (Orvault, France) and Richard Tomasi (Saint Etienne de Montluc, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method that includes: butting together end regions of unconnected strip parts, and applying heat and pressure to create a welded joint between the end regions; at least one end region presents a rear zone and a front zone projecting from the rear zone, the front z...