US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on March 25 for "Woven structure, method and apparatus for a flanged composite component" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,763, issued on March 25, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Woven structure, method and apparatus for a flanged composite component" was invented by Christopher D Jones (Bristol, Great Britain), Robert C Backhouse (Wells, 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: "An apparatus for manufacturing an annular or semi-annular composite component having a circumferentially-extending base and a flange, the apparatus including: a loom for weaving a woven preform of fibre reinforcement material for the composite component; a rotatable mandrel c...