US Patent Issued to Textron Systems on Jan. 20 for "Automated tape layering for conical composite components" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,259, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Textron Systems Corp. (Hunt Valley, Md.).

"Automated tape layering for conical composite components" was invented by Michael Robert Favaloro (Amesbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for providing a conical composite involve receiving a starting portion of a tape from a tape supply, the tape having a first tape edge and a second tape edge. The techniques further involve positioning the starting portion of the tape in contact with a conical tool structure. The techniques further involve, after the starting portion of the tape is positioned in contact with the conical tool struct...