US Patent Issued to TPI Composites on Sept. 1 for "Composite rods for stabilization of composite laminates" (Massachusetts, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,354, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TPI Composites Inc. (Warren, R.I.).

"Composite rods for stabilization of composite laminates" was invented by Stephen Nolet (Harpswell, Maine) and James Hannan (Fairhaven, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structurally enhanced preformed layers of multiple rigid unidirectional rods are constructed and arranged for use in fabricating load-bearing support structures and reinforcements in a variety of composite components, e.g. wind turbine blades. Individual preform layers include multiple elongate unidirectional strength elements or rods arranged in a single layer along a longitudinal axis of...