US Patent Issued to The Boeing on April 15 for "Vertical intercostal structure for lateral support in aircraft interior" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,519, issued on April 15, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).

"Vertical intercostal structure for lateral support in aircraft interior" was invented by Steven Ellis Rhynard (Mukilteo, Wash.), Joe Files (Arlington, Wash.), Jason Empleo (Everett, Wash.) and Kenneth M. Reynolds (Everett, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical intercostal for an aircraft vehicle having a vehicle cabin and an over-monument fairing arranged in a non-flex zone area of the vehicle cabin. The intercostal includes a frame member that includes an upper frame attachment region, a lower frame attachment region, and an intermediate frame attachment re...