B29C 70/388
Tape placement heads
Official title: {Tape placement heads, e.g. component parts, details or accessories}
B29C70/388 (Tape placement heads) appears on 310 US grants and 310 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 310
- Published applications
- 310
- Assignees
- 144
- Inventors
- 632
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 14 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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
- Smart Susceptor Induction Roller30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217012 A1Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
- A Tape Laying Head16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102978 A1Icomat Limited
- Automated tape layering for a composite19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077565 A1Textron Systems Corporation
- Ultrasonic welding of prepreg tape8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008236 A1Hexcel Composites Limited
- Fabric and adhesive layup with inspection1 Jan 2026US 2026/0001308 A1The Boeing Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Compaction roller for a fiber placement machine102US 7,810,539 B2Ingersoll Machine Tools, Inc. · 2010
- Automatic tape lay-up system92US 4,285,752 ACamsco, Inc. · 1981
- Ribbed composite structure and process and apparatus for producing the same79US 4,137,354 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 1979