US Patent Issued to The Boeing on April 1 for "Systems and methods for securing a panel insert to a panel" (Washington, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,654, issued on April 1, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).

"Systems and methods for securing a panel insert to a panel" was invented by Andrew William Mueller (Mukilteo, Wash.), Terrence C. Seet (Everett, Wash.) and John C. Osborne (Madison, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for securing a panel insert to a panel include a main housing, a heater within the main housing, a coupling rod extending from the main housing, and a clamp assembly coupled to the coupling rod. The clamp assembly is configured to clamp the panel insert to the panel. The heater is configured to cure an adhesive applied to the panel ...