ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,782, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Fiber composite component, apparatus and method for producing a fiber composite component" was invented by Andreas Higle (Wendlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber composite component has two inner elements arranged at a distance from one another, around which inner elements a fiber-reinforced plastics band is wrapped. In order to simplify the production of the fiber composite component, a first fiber-reinforced plastics band is wrapped around a first inner element, and a second fiber-reinforced plastics band is wrapped around a second in...