US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on Oct. 6 for "Apparatus, system, and method for manufacturing of composite structures" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,463, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Apparatus, system, and method for manufacturing of composite structures" was invented by Henry James Edward Tingle (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, system, and apparatus are provided for creating complex-geometry composite parts with dissolvable internal support structures. Methods include: forming a core from a dissolvable material; layering composite material layers over the core; curing the composite material layers; and dissolving the core to leave cured composite layers of the composite part. Form...