US Patent Issued to Spirit AeroSystems on Sept. 30 for "Method of joining molded or three-dimensional printed parts to thermoplastic composite structures" (Kansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,729, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Spirit AeroSystems Inc. (Wichita, Kan.).

"Method of joining molded or three-dimensional printed parts to thermoplastic composite structures" was invented by Mark Anthony Wadsworth (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for fusing thermoplastic composite structures includes placing a thermoplastic substructure on an inner surface of a skin that is laid up on a shaping surface of a tool configured to maintain the shape of an outer mold line. The method further includes applying at least one metal layer over the substructure and applying an insulation layer over edge portions of ...