US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE SMR on Nov. 11 for "Method of manufacturing a dome and a dome manufactured using the method" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,259, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE SMR Ltd. (Derby, Great Britain).

"Method of manufacturing a dome and a dome manufactured using the method" was invented by Daniel Clark (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is described a method of manufacturing a dome (2), the method comprising: providing a plurality of beams (6, 106, 206, 306), each of the plurality of beams (6, 106, 206, 306) comprising one or more slots (16, 22); and engaging at least one of the slots (16, 22) of each of the plurality of beams (6, 106, 206, 306) with a slot (16, 22) of the one or more slots (16, 22) of another of the plural...