US Patent Issued to Helicoid Industries on April 15 for "Composite materials and structures" (British, American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,227, issued on April 15, was assigned to Helicoid Industries Inc. (Indio, Calif.).

"Composite materials and structures" was invented by Lorenzo Mencattelli (London), Chad Wasilenkoff (Indio, Calif.) and Pascal Joubert des Ouches (Coublevie, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are details for designing and manufacturing enhanced shock and impact resistant helicoidal lay-ups by combining nanomaterials, variable pitch and partial spirals, Thin unidirectional fiber plies, hybrid materials, and/or curved fibers within a ply. The helicoidal structures created in the prescribed manners can be tuned and pitched to desired w...