US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Dec. 2 for "Restart assembly for an automated fiber placement head" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,629, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Restart assembly for an automated fiber placement head" was invented by Dung L. Banh (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) and Walter W. Jackson (Bonneau, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A restart assembly for an automated fiber placement head is presented. The restart assembly for the automated fiber placement head comprises a plurality of pneumatic cylinders, each pneumatic cylinder of the plurality of pneumatic cylinders comprising an extendable piston rod; a plurality of restart rollers, each restart roller of the plurality of restart rollers connected to a respective ext...