ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,604, issued on May 27, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Testing arrangement and method for composite with noodle" was invented by Christian X. Campbell (West Hartford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing arrangement includes a test specimen that is formed of a fiber composite that has first, second, and third groups of fiber ply layers. Each fiber ply layer is curved so as to have an elbow. The elbows are joined back-to-back at a central region to form first, second, and third arms that extend outwardly from the central region. The elbows define a space in the central region, and there is a space-filler with...