US Patent Issued to Rohr on Oct. 21 for "Forming duct structure with overbraided woven fiber sleeve" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,697, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Forming duct structure with overbraided woven fiber sleeve" was invented by Jennifer Davis (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for manufacturing. During this method, a woven fiber sleeve is disposed over a mandrel to provide an overbraided mandrel. The woven fiber sleeve includes a base section and a mount section. The base section is wrapped circumferentially around the mandrel and extends longitudinally along the mandrel between a first end and a second end. The mount section is disposed longitudinally at an intermediate loca...