ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,841, issued on May 26, was assigned to WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY (Wichita, Kan.).
"In-process inspection tool" was invented by Waruna Seneviratne (Wichita, Kan.) and Tharaka Nandakumara (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool for use with Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) machines and systems for use in in-process inspection of composite parts. The AFP system uses a robot, fiber guide, compaction roller, heating system, and an in-process inspection tool. The in-process inspection tool utilizes at least one profiler housed within a support bracket, which mounts the profiler on an AFP head of the AFP system such that the profi...