US Patent Issued to Mercedes-Benz Group on Sept. 9 for "Winding head for at least two fiber strands, and winding method for producing fiber-reinforced components" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,616, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Winding head for at least two fiber strands, and winding method for producing fiber-reinforced components" was invented by Niklas Minsch (Unterensingen, Germany), Tim Zanker (Nufringen, Germany) and Peter Graupner (Untergruppenbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A winding head includes a first supply spool for receiving a first fiber strand a second supply spool for receiving a second fiber strand, an impregnation unit through which the first fiber strand the second fiber strand can be guided for impregnation with liquid resin, a first def...