US Patent Issued to ROHR on Sept. 30 for "Systems and methods for non-linear through thickness reinforcement" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,764, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ROHR INC. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for non-linear through thickness reinforcement" 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: "Systems and methods for through thickness reinforcement of a fibrous preform include a needle configured to move a through thickness fiber along a curved path. The needle can be moved along the curved path and can penetrate one or more plies of the fibrous preform. The needle can move one or more through thickness fibers along the curved pa...