ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,548, issued on June 24, was assigned to LEONARDO S.P.A. (Rome).
"Method and equipment for the integration of continuous J shaped spars in extended panels of composite material" was invented by Marco Visconti (Turin, Italy) and Gianni Iagulli (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the integration of continuous J shaped spars in extended panels of composite material in which J shaped spars are each arranged on a rectilinear support having at least one right triangle shaped portion, and the spars carried by the respective rectilinear supports are subsequently arranged on a stratified structure carried by a mould. A va...