US Patent Issued to AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.U. on Aug. 12 for "Manufacturing methods of net stiffeners" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,122, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.U. (Madrid).

"Manufacturing methods of net stiffeners" was invented by Yolanda Miguez Charines (Madrid), Noelia Colas Garcia (Madrid) and Augusto Perez Pastor (Madrid).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method to make a T shaped stiffener form from a stiffener preform (100) having a foot (130) configured to be in contact with an aircraft panel, and a sole (120) with an edge (120a). The manufacturing method includes: obtaining laminates (110a, 110b) formed of layers of composite material, folding the laminates (110a, 110b) to be L shaped in cross section, joining the laminates ...