US Patent Issued to Carbitex on May 13 for "Joined fiber-reinforced composite material assembly with tunable anisotropic properties" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,575, issued on May 13, was assigned to Carbitex Inc. (Kennewick, Wash.).

"Joined fiber-reinforced composite material assembly with tunable anisotropic properties" was invented by Junus Ali Khan (Pasco, Wash.), Tyler Andre Kafentzis (Richland, Wash.), Kevin Lynn Simmons (Kennewick, Wash.) and Keshava Bhamidipaty (Richland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anisotropic composite material assembly comprising a first layer with a tensile modulus different from its compressive modulus and that exhibits variable modulus behavior. The first layer elastically buckle under compressions. A second layer has a tensile modulus substantially...