B29C 66/4344
Joining substantially flat articles for forming fork connections
Official title: {Joining substantially flat articles for forming fork connections, e.g. for making Y-shaped pieces}
B29C66/4344 (Joining substantially flat articles for forming fork connections) appears on 208 US grants and 186 published applications in this corpus.
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Recent patents
- Joints for composite laminated panels and beams28 Jul 2026US 12,691,643 B2B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Ultrasonic welding of fabrics for sleep apnea treatment9 Sep 2025US 12,409,292 B2ResMed Pty Ltd
- Joining structure, method of producing same, and wire exterior cover5 Aug 2025US 12,381,379 B2Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
- Fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite structural members, aircraft including the same, and related methods22 Apr 2025US 12,280,553 B2The Boeing Company
- Self heating structural adhesives for out-of-autoclave and out-of-oven curing17 Sep 2024US 12,090,708 B2Textron Innovations Inc.
- Method of making a package for accessories6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225752 A1Arachne, LLC
- Ultrasonic welding of fabrics for sleep apnea treatment22 Jan 2026US 2026/0021267 A1ResMed Pty Ltd
- Joints for composite laminated panels and beams20 Mar 2025US 2025/0091298 A1B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Polyarylene sulfide resin composition, molded article, and production methods for same13 Mar 2025US 2025/0084237 A1DIC Corporation
- Resin infused pi-shaped preform and joints thereof2 Jan 2025US 2025/0001647 A1Lockheed Martin Corporation
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- Friction stir welding152US 5,813,592 AThe Welding Institute · 1998
- Method for fastening aircraft frame elements to sandwich skin panels covering same using woven fiber connectors120US 4,671,470 ABeech Aircraft Corporation · 1987
- Fibrous laminated web and method and apparatus for making the same and absorbent articles incorporating the same107US 5,817,394 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1998
- Plastic-composite profiled girder, in particular a wing spar for aircraft and for wind-turbine rotors100US 5,476,704 AHoac-Austria Flugzeugwerk Wr.Neustadt Gesellschaft m.b.H. · 1995
- Method and system for inserting reinforcing elements in a composite structure77US 5,589,015 AFoster-Miller, Inc. · 1996