ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,608, issued on April 22, was assigned to SA EXEL INDUSTRIES (Epernay, France).

"Carbon fiber structure, and a method for forming the carbon fiber structure" was invented by Casper Louis Frederiksen (Sakskobing, Denmark) and Lars Nejsum (Vedbaek, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carbon fiber boom structure for an agricultural sprayer boom, the boom structure including an elongated upper carbon fiber tube, at least one elongated lower carbon fiber and a carbon fiber/resin matrix uniting structure bonded to each of the carbon fiber tubes to hold the tubes in a spaced apart position. The uniting structure being formed in a winding...