US Patent Issued to Temper IP on Aug. 4 for "Below water-line hull repair system using composite patch heated by ferromagnetic heating device" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,064, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Temper IP LLC (Cedar Springs, Mich.).

"Below water-line hull repair system using composite patch heated by ferromagnetic heating device" was invented by William C. Dykstra (Rockford, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for repairing a damaged area of a hull of a water vessel includes providing a patch assembly having (i) a first flexible outer layer, (ii) a second flexible outer layer and (iii) an inner layer of composite material sealed between the first flexible outer layer and the second flexible outer layer. When the inner layer is heated and then cures, the composite material trans...