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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2023
Applicant:
United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of Nasa, Washington, DC (US);
Inventor:
Robert G. Bryant, Lightfoot, VA (US);
Assignee:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/388 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments may provide Automated Tape (or Tow) Placement (ATP) systems including machine-based parts that support prepreg tape laying processes to build composite parts. Various embodiments may be applied to materials that may be consolidated during fabrication and/or may be used to fabricate parts that may require post processing steps.