US Patent Issued to The Boeing on June 16 for "Automated fiber placement system configured to lay down a plurality of widths of composite tapes" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,407, issued on June 16, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Automated fiber placement system configured to lay down a plurality of widths of composite tapes" was invented by Michael Kenneth-Que Louie (Renton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated fiber placement system is provided. The automated fiber placement system comprises a plurality of spools of composite material having a plurality of material widths, each spool of the plurality of spools having a respective material width of the plurality of material widths; and an automated fiber placement head configured to lay up composite tape from any desired s...