ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,163, issued on May 20, was assigned to DAHER AEROSPACE (Orly, France).
"System for stamping a thick thermoplastic composite blank" was invented by Laurent Zawadka (Sainte Pazanne, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a stamping apparatus comprising: a trimmed thermoplastic composite blank (100); a transfer frame (200) capable of supporting the blank; a stamping device comprising a stamping die and a movable punch;wherein: the blank (100) comprises positioning bore holes (121, 122) configured to cooperate with centering pins (212) carried by the transfer frame (200) and oblong slots (125, 126) configured to c...