ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,761, issued on March 25, was assigned to TUSAS-TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII A.S. (Ankara, Turkey).
"Thermoforming system" was invented by Mete Bakir (Ankara, Turkey), Yakup Bay (Ankara, Turkey) and Fahrettin Ozturk (Ankara, Turkey).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoforming system has a composite plate, a loading area in which the plate is placed, a heating area in which the plate is heated, a pressing area in which the plate is formed, and at least one mold which is located in the pressing area that applies heat and pressure to the plate so that the plate is formed. The system also includes a thermoforming area which is formed...