ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,140, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to PLASTICS UNLtd. INC. (Preston, Iowa).
"Fabrication apparatuses and methods" was invented by Travis Kieffer (Spragueville, Iowa), Ben Clarke (Clinton, Iowa), Mike Rederer (Maquoketa, Iowa), Jason Gregorich (Preston, Iowa) and Terry Kieffer (Preston, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment of a method according to the present disclosure may use a fixture with one or more boot recesses formed therein. An embedded member may be engaged with a boot and placed in a boot recess. Substrate lay-up may be placed around all or a portion of the embedded member and an outer member may be position...