ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,615, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Apparatus for manufacturing fibre-reinforced components" was invented by Ingolf Muller (Freimersheim, Germany) and Andre Stieglitz (Osnabruck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to an apparatus (10) for manufacturing fiber-reinforced component parts (1) according to a three-dimensional winding method, comprising at least one computer-controlled winding machine for winding filiform continuous fiber strands (12) provided on at least one spool (18) around at least one fiber carrier (11) arranged on a pivot pin (16) with...