B29C 70/382
Automated fiber placement [afp]
Official title: {Automated fiber placement [AFP]}
B29C70/382 (Automated fiber placement [afp]) appears on 647 US grants and 775 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 647
- Published applications
- 775
- Assignees
- 252
- Inventors
- 1,138
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2003 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 11 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 18 |
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| 2020 | 84 | 65 |
| 2021 | 68 | 58 |
| 2022 | 52 | 62 |
| 2023 | 48 | 46 |
| 2024 | 43 | 49 |
| 2025 | 49 | 46 |
| 2026 | 28 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fiber application machine provided with a tension limiting system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,770 B2Coriolis Group
- Methods of forming a composite structure and associated automated manufacturing systems and components1 Sep 2026US 12,722,348 B2Northropgrumman Systems Corporation
- Print head for additive manufacturing using continuous fibers and thermoplastic matrix materials for cutting in a hot zone of the print head by radial or rotational movement of a cutting device25 Aug 2026US 12,715,173 B2Technische UniversitäT Berlin
- Fiber application head with retractable flap28 Jul 2026US 12,691,646 B2Coriolis Group
- Composite lobe joint and manufacturing method28 Jul 2026US 12,691,647 B2Goodrich Corporation
- Methods of forming a composite structure and associated automated manufacturing systems and components8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307340 A1Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
- Methods and systems for reinforcing additively manufactured structures and fiber-reinforced additively manufactured structures17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273871 A1The Boeing Company
- Automated fiber placement assembly with pressure roller10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264347 A1General Electric Company
- Path laying method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241645 A1Airbus Operations GmbH
- Fiber application machine with particular fiber conveying means13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233474 A1Coriolis Group
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and process for producing fiber reinforced composite objects360US 5,936,861 ANanotek Instruments, Inc. · 1999
- Three dimensional printer for fiber reinforced composite filament fabrication245US 9,126,367 B1Markforged, Inc. · 2015
- Methods for fiber reinforced additive manufacturing188US 9,370,896 B2Markforged, Inc. · 2016
- Three dimensional printing175US 10,076,876 B2Markforged, Inc. · 2018
- Fiber placement and fiber steering systems and corresponding software for composite structures160US 6,799,081 B1McDonnell Douglas Corporation · 2004