US Patent Issued to ROHR on May 13 for "Systems and methods for self-cleaning needles for through thickness reinforcement of resin-infused fabrics" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,572, issued on May 13, was assigned to ROHR INC. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for self-cleaning needles for through thickness reinforcement of resin-infused fabrics" was invented by Katherine E. Waugh (San Diego), Christopher C. Koroly (Spring Valley, Calif.) and Vijay V. Pujar (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end effector for the through thickness reinforcement of a fibrous preform includes a needle cleaning material configured to contact a needle to clean resin from the needle during or between through thickness reinforcement operations. The needle cleaning material may extend from a presser foot toward t...