ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,669, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
"Conformable panel comprising two faces linked by a uniform connecting structure" was invented by Bastien Limozin (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Christophe Le Clerc (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel includes a first woven fabric, a second woven fabric, and a linking structure comprising stays linking the first woven fabric to the second woven fabric, each stay having an at-rest length that is substantially equal to the mean of the at-rest lengths of the stays, and the first woven fabric bei...