US Patent Issued to Rohr on July 8 for "Thermoplastic composite structure and methods for forming" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,305, issued on July 8, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Thermoplastic composite structure and methods for forming" was invented by Shyan Bob Shen (San Diego), Michael van Tooren (San Diego), Daniel O. Ursenbach (El Cajon, Calif.) and Jeffrey D. Woods (Beaumont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided during which a thermoplastic rib is arranged with a thermoplastic spar. A first flange of the thermoplastic rib is abutted against the thermoplastic spar. The first flange of the thermoplastic rib is ultrasonic welded to the thermoplastic spar using a tilted ultrasonic horn. A centerline of the tilted u...