US Patent Issued to North Thin Ply Technology on Nov. 18 for "Manufacture of fibre-reinforced composite hydrofoils and aerofoils and elongate foil" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,833, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to North Thin Ply Technology Sarl (Renens, Switzerland).

"Manufacture of fibre-reinforced composite hydrofoils and aerofoils and elongate foil" was invented by Xavier Lepercq (Renens, Switzerland), Gerard Gautier (Renens, Switzerland), Thomas Ricard (Renens, Switzerland), Olivier Thomassin (Renens, Switzerland), Francois Mordasini (Renens, Switzerland) and Jonathan Merlet (Renens, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elongate foil, selected from a hydrofoil and an aerofoil, having a body of laminated plies of fibre-reinforced resin matrix composite material, wherein the body has a central...