ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,200, issued on June 10, was assigned to POLSKIE ZAKLADY LOTNICZE SPOLKA Z ORGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA (Mielec, Poland).
"Method of repairing damage to a thermoplastic composite element" was invented by Adam Dworak (Baranow Sandomierski, Poland), Aleksander Banas (Rzeszow, Poland), Janusz Madry (Mielec, Poland), Jaroslaw Sienicki (Mielec, Poland) and Marcin Glodzik (Mielec, Poland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed embodiments relate to a method for repairing a damage to a thermoplastic composite element, in particular an aircraft component, wherein a socket is milled at the site of damage to the thermoplastic composite ...