ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,222, issued on April 8, was assigned to GFM GmbH (Steyr, Austria).
"Method and device for producing a reinforcing profile" was invented by Rudolf Ahrer (Losenstein, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Producing a reinforcing profile from at least one layer cut out of a preimpregnated fibrous web includes applying the at least one layer to a mould core that determines the profile shape, retaining the at least one layer on the mould core in an application region, and progressively pressing the at least one layer onto the mould core, starting from the application region, transversely to the profile longitudinal direction, as far as t...