US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Nov. 3 for "Braided composite products comprising thermoplastic material" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,401, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Braided composite products comprising thermoplastic material" was invented by Jacquelynn Xueting Tian (Melbourne, Australia), Christopher Alan Howe (Albert Park, Australia), Adrian Paul Mouritz (Melbourne, Australia), Michelle Louise Gee (Bundoora, Australia) and Stuart Arthur Bateman (Melbourne, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braided carbon structure and methods of forming and processing are presented. The braided carbon structure comprises axial tows comprising carbon filaments; braid tows at a braid angle relative to the axial tows, the braid tows ...