ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,842, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to FABHEADS AUTOMATION PVT. LTD. (Tamil Nadu, India).

"System and method for preparing pre-impregnated continous fiber tapes and filaments" was invented by Dhinesh Ramupillai Kanagaraj (Tamil Nadu, India), Akshay Ballal (Tamil Nadu, India) and Raghav Sanadi (Karnataka, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system 100 and method 700 for preparing pre-impregnated continuous fiber tapes and filaments. The system comprises an agitation unit 101, an impregnation unit 102 and a consolidation unit 104. The agitation unit 101 is configured to draw fibers from a material source and oscillate ...