Patent ID: 8784590

Claim:
A method of fabricating a composite-material rod having reinforced ends, the method comprising the steps of: fabricating a mandrel comprising a sleeve extending longitudinally and reinforcing inserts secured to the ends of said sleeve in order to constitute a rigid whole; applying one or more layers of braided fibers around the mandrel by moving it longitudinally into a machine for braiding reinforcing fibers surrounding it all along its length; injecting and polymerizing resin into the one or more layers(s) of braided fibers in order to establish cohesion rigidly bonding the layers of braided fibers and at least the ends of the mandrel-together in order to form a rod body having reinforced ends; and drilling to make a through orifice at each end of the rod body, each orifice passing through the layers of braided fibers and through the corresponding insert.