US Patent Issued to The Boeing on April 15 for "Methods and apparatuses for forming composite parts from multi-ply prepreg composite charges" (South Carolina, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,201, issued on April 15, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Methods and apparatuses for forming composite parts from multi-ply prepreg composite charges" was invented by Andrew E. Modin (Charleston, S.C.), Dorekia Martin (Ladson, S.C.), Richard E. Heath (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.), Eric C. Anderson (St. Charles, Mo.), Caleb J. Handolescu (Ladson, S.C.), Richard Alexander Prause (Charleston, S.C.), Michael C. Hargrove (Goose Creek, S.C.) and Justin H. Register (Charleston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a composite part from a mufti-ply prepreg composite charge comprises reducing pressure inside a bladd...