ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,676, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Safran Seats (Plaisir, France).
"Method for manufacturing a finished part" was invented by Thomas Meyer (Saint Ismier, France), Agnes Exertier (Nantes, France), Pascal Thobie (Treillieres, France) and Jeremy Cailleteau (Saint-Aout, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a finished part comprising: a step of placing a trimmed finishing shell inside a heated mold chosen from a first mold referred to as a female mold and a second mold referred to as a male mold in the form of a punch, a step of heating a structural part made of a composite material ...