B29C 70/541
Positioning reinforcements in a mould
Official title: {Positioning reinforcements in a mould, e.g. using clamping means for the reinforcement (positioning inserts in moulds B29C33/12; lay-up on a mould B29C70/30)}
B29C70/541 (Positioning reinforcements in a mould) appears on 557 US grants and 625 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
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