ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,748, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS (Herstal, Belgium).
"Geometry of a lay-up surface" was invented by Michel Wlasow Wlasowski (Herstal, Belgium) and Julien Philippe Gallet (Herstal, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a draping geometry for producing a composite material part including a body being a volume of revolution with an axis directed along an axial direction having a given reference radius, the body extending around the axial direction along a circumferential direction, and a flange extending from one end of the body along a direction of extension, the method including de...