MUMBAI, India, April 4 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202341065600 A) filed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, on Sept. 29, 2023, for 'method and tools for insertion of grommet.'

Inventor(s) include Solai SS.

The application for the patent was published on April 4, under issue no. 14/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Method and Tool for Grommet Insertion Method and Tool for Grommet Insertion relates to development of roller support tool (fig 1) and grommet insertion tool(fig 2) for insertion of grommets(11) on aerostructure panels(10) made up of carbon fibre composite. However, the carbon fiber composite material is prone to delamination ...