ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,552, issued on June 24, was assigned to Spirit AeroSystems (Europe) Ltd. (London).
"Vacuum apparatus and method" was invented by Zacharias Kakaratsios (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a vacuum apparatus for applying a vacuum to a reinforcement lay-up during in composite manufacture, and a method of use. The vacuum apparatus comprises a vacuum port component (100) having body portion (102) defining a contact surface (104) and an internal cavity. A vacuum port (108) for connection to a vacuum pump is oriented away from the contact surface communicates with the internal cavity. The vacuum port component can be connect...