US Patent Issued to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS on Feb. 3 for "Composite structures, forming apparatuses and related systems and methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,685, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Composite structures, forming apparatuses and related systems and methods" was invented by Christopher J. Madsen (Layton, Utah), John B. Healey (South Weber, Utah), Travis S. Olsen (Tremonton, Utah), Ethan J. Hoffman (Ogden, Utah), Jason H. Stulp (Fruit Heights, Utah), Michael T. Tueller (Roy, Utah), Wayne M. Roeber (Roy, Utah) and Vernon M. Benson (Morgan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of forming a composite structure include conforming at least one ply of material to a forming surface of a tool having differing features. Apparat...