US Patent Issued to Albany Engineered Composites on Nov. 18 for "Reinforced structure having continuous fiber reinforced elements and method of making thereof" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,701, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Albany Engineered Composites Inc. (Rochester, N.H.).

"Reinforced structure having continuous fiber reinforced elements and method of making thereof" was invented by Ralph Funck (Kaiserslautern, Germany), Jens Jung (Kaiserslautern, Germany) and Martin Welsch (Henschtal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are reinforced structures. The structures are comprised of reinforced elements that have continuous fibers embedded in a matrix material. The reinforced elements are combined in a matrix material to form a desired shape of reinforced structure."

The patent was filed on Sept. 18, 2...