ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,725, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).
"Methods of making laminate structures" was invented by Patrick Bickford Stickler (Everett, Wash.) and Alexander Rubin (St. Louis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminate structure may include: an aluminum layer; a glass composite layer adjacent to the aluminum layer; and/or a carbon composite layer adjacent to the glass composite layer, opposite to the aluminum layer. The glass composite layer may include one or more glass-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic prepreg plies. The carbon composite layer may include one or more carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic ...