US Patent Issued to Northrop Grumman Systems on Dec. 9 for "Lay-up forming device and associated components and methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,689, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Lay-up forming device and associated components and methods" was invented by Keri M. Green (Holladay, Utah), Timothy S. Olschewski (Kearns, Utah) and Vernon M. Benson (Morgan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lay-up forming element includes an inner region including a fluid port. The element further includes a flexible outer surface. The element also includes a support extending between the inner region and the flexible outer surface. The roller further includes a fluid cavity extending between the inner region and the flexible outer surfa...