ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,617, issued on May 27, was assigned to CROMPTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP Ltd. (Solihull, Great Britain).
"Composite connectors and methods of manufacturing the same" was invented by Jon Pethick (Leicestershire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a composite (e.g. fibre-reinforced polymer) connector for a fluid transfer conduit includes: manufacturing a continuous fibre pre-form net that is shaped to comprise a hub-forming portion 156 and a flange-forming portion, the continuous fibre pre-form net comprising continuous fibre reinforcement and a common support layer to which the continuous fibre reinforcemen...