US Patent Issued to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University on Oct. 7 for "Repair shape and technique for composite laminates" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,193, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (Greensboro, N.C.).

"Repair shape and technique for composite laminates" was invented by Ajit D. Kelkar (Greensboro, N.C.), Mohammad B. Uddin (Greensboro, N.C.) and Shashwata Chakraborty (Greensboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of repairing damaged composites are described. The damaged composites can comprise a polymeric matrix and one or more layers of fibers (e.g., carbon or glass fibers). According to the described method, the damaged area of the composite is replaced by an insert comprising a core geometry and radial p...