ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,406, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to NIPPON STEEL Corp. (Tokyo).
"Stiffened panel structure" was invented by Kenichiro Otsuka (Tokyo), Toru Yonebayashi (Tokyo), Satoshi Shirakami (Tokyo), Yasunori Sawa (Tokyo), Masafumi Azuma (Tokyo) and Ryuichi Nishimura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stiffened panel structure includes a panel-shaped component and a wire. The panel-shaped component has a panel body that curves in such a manner as to be convex outward. The wire has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is bonded to a first point on the inner surface of the panel body. The second end portion i...