B29C 70/386
Automated tape laying [atl]
Official title: {Automated tape laying [ATL]}
B29C70/386 (Automated tape laying [atl]) appears on 657 US grants and 696 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 696
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- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 20 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tape laying head4 Aug 2026US 12,697,789 B2Icomat Limited
- Composite lobe joint and manufacturing method28 Jul 2026US 12,691,647 B2Goodrich Corporation
- Fiber placement machine with composite tape film removal21 Jul 2026US 12,686,185 B2Fives Machining Systems, Inc.
- Tooling apparatus and method for applying material to a pre-formed insert21 Jul 2026US 12,686,582 B2Tiara Yachts, Inc.
- Ultrasonic welding of prepreg tape16 Jun 2026US 12,654,399 B2Hexcel Composites Limited
- A drag-reduction device, method of producing the drag-reduction device and vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295951 A1Scania CV AB
- Rim, wheel and method of forming spoke holes in rim1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296098 A1Bao Chi Fang (Xiamen) Technology Co., Ltd.
- Smart Susceptor Induction Roller30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217012 A1Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
- Systems and methods for mitigating internal thermal stresses in thermoplastic composite layups16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200183 A1Wichita State University
- Geodesic draping method25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175525 A1Safran Ceramics
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods enabling automated return to and/or repair of defects with a material placement machine161US 7,039,485 B2The Boeing Company · 2006
- Method for heating and controlling temperature of composite material during automated placement146US 6,451,152 B1The Boeing Company · 2002
- Methods and systems for automated ply boundary and orientation inspection143US 7,555,404 B2The Boeing Company · 2009
- Laying head and apparatus and method for manufacturing a three-dimensional pre-form for a structural component from a fiber composite material117US 9,782,926 B2Compositence GmbH · 2017
- Apparatus and method for manufacturing composite structures116US 4,591,402 ALTV Aerospace and Defense Company · 1986