US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on Jan. 27 for "Composite component, method of manufacturing a preform for the component" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,855, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Composite component, method of manufacturing a preform for the component" was invented by Christopher D Jones (Bristol, Great Britain), Robert C Backhouse (Wells, Great Britain), Adam J Bishop (Bristol, Great Britain), Ian Buck (Loughborough, Great Britain) and Sarvesh Dhiman (Loughborough, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A woven composite component for an aerospace structure or machine, comprising: a compound member extending from a junction with a feeder member, a noodle element extending in a weft direction through the junction. The feeder member compr...