US Patent Issued to ROHR on Feb. 4 for "Independently depositing and in situ consolidating thermoplastic material" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,560, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to ROHR INC. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Independently depositing and in situ consolidating thermoplastic material" was invented by Patrick Nolan (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for forming a thermoplastic structure. During this formation method, a first layer of thermoplastic material is deposited on a first thermoplastic object using a material deposition device. The first layer of thermoplastic material is tacked to the first thermoplastic object during the depositing of the first layer of thermoplastic material. The first layer of thermoplastic material is c...