ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,163, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to BAE Systems plc (London).
"Method of making a composite mould tool and repairing method of a composite mould tool" was invented by John Chippendale (Blackburn, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing, at least in part, a composite mould tool is described. At S101, the method comprises obtaining a mould tool precursor having a first face and a reverse second face, wherein the precursor comprises a first metal. At S102, the method comprises hermetically scaling the precursor by cold spraying a layer on the second face using particles comprising a second metal, wherein...