ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,139, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris) and SAFRAN NACELLES (Gonfreville-l'Orcher, France).
"Application head for automatically applying fibres" was invented by Patrick Dunleavy (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Bertrand Leon Marie Desjoyeaux (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Application head for automated fiber placement, which application head includes at least: an application roller that is designed to apply fibers to a shaping tool which application roller is rotatably movable on its axis for applying fibers to the shaping tool, and a feed device includes a winding of a strip of fibers having a pr...