US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce on Sept. 30 for "Kinetic energy absorptive composite article" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,104, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Rolls-Royce PLC (London).

"Kinetic energy absorptive composite article" was invented by Victor P A Medeau (London), Silvestre T Pinho (London), Lorenzo Mencattelli (London), Emile S Greenhalgh (London), Soraia Pimenta (London), MohammadErfan Kazemi (London) and James A Finlayson (Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kinetic energy absorptive composite article comprising a plurality of plies, and a method of manufacturing the kinetic energy absorptive composite article. Each ply comprises a plurality of substantially parallel fibers encapsulated within a resin. A p...