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Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2025
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);

Inventors:

Arthur William Sibbach, Boxford, MA (US);

Nicholas Joseph Kray, Mason, OH (US);

Douglas Lorrimer Armstrong, Needham, MA (US);

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/384 (2013.01); B29C 70/34 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure herein relates to an automated fiber placement assembly for forming a component by the successive layering of strips of fiber tows with a pressure roller. The pressure roller has a rotational axis about which the pressure roller rotates to apply the strip of fiber tows to the component. The pressure roller can be shaped complementary to a non-uniform surface of the component for even application of the strip of fiber tows to the component.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Sibbach, Arthur. (2026). Automated fiber placement assembly with pressure roller (U.S. Patent No. 12589559). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12589559

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