ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,607, issued on July 15, was assigned to Airspace Experience Technologies Inc. (ASX) (Detroit).
"Method of manufacturing composite aircraft structures" was invented by Gregory Eric Peterson (Sylvan Lake, Mich.) and Jon Rimanelli (Detroit).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a wing for an aerospace vehicle includes forming a frame member defining opposing perpendicular legs being spaced by an interconnecting member. A plurality of ribs is interconnected along the frame member at spaced locations forming an internal wing structure. Each of the ribs define an upper rib surface and a lower rib surface. A composite upper skin ...