ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,948, issued on July 1, was assigned to McLaren Automotive Ltd. (Woking, Great Britain).
"Diaphragm forming" was invented by Claudio Santoni (Woking, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a fibre article, comprising: providing a former having a contoured forming surface; locating a fibre preform between a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm, the second diaphragm being offset from the forming surface; drawing a vacuum between the first and second diaphragms so as to hold the preform captive between the diaphragms; displacing the diaphragms relative to the former so as to bring a part of the second diaphragm...