ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,787, issued on July 29, was assigned to Rolls-Royce PLC (London).
"Curing and bonding tool" was invented by Charlie Riccard (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool for curing and bonding a honeycomb stack with void filler. The tool has a first tool piece with a cavity for receiving layers of unfilled honeycomb material and a second tool piece with a cavity for receiving at least one layer of void-filled honeycomb. The tool also has a compression seal arrangement that creates gas-tight seals between the first tool piece, second tool piece, and a barrier layer positioned between them, with a further seal covering ...