ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,961, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Arris Composites Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.).
"Preform charges and fixtures therefor" was invented by Erick Davidson (Piedmont, Calif.), Ethan Escowitz (Berkeley, Calif.), Riley Reese (Carpinteria, Calif.), Sean Hennessee (San Francisco) and J. Scott Perkins (Berkeley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A preform charge is formed by forming an assemblage of preforms, wherein preforms in the assemblage are bonded to a neighboring preform such that the preform charge effectively becomes a single unit. The preform charge can then be added to a mold to fabricate a part via compression molding."
The...