US Patent Issued to ROHR on May 13 for "Systems and methods for through thickness reinforcement using roll-to-roll veil cloth" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,573, issued on May 13, was assigned to ROHR INC. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for through thickness reinforcement using roll-to-roll veil cloth" was invented by Christopher C. Koroly (Spring Valley, Calif.), Katherine E. Waugh (San Diego) and Vijay V. Pujar (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for through thickness reinforcement of a fibrous preform includes an actuating textile needle, a feeder spool configured to supply a veil cloth, and a take up spool. The feeder spool and take up spool can rotate to cause a portion of the veil cloth to translate such that a needled portion of the veil cloth is re...