US Patent Issued to The Boeing on April 29 for "Expandable strut assembly for a wing of an aircraft and method of using the same" (California, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,222, issued on April 29, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Expandable strut assembly for a wing of an aircraft and method of using the same" was invented by Robert E. Grip (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Christopher K. Droney (Long Beach, Calif.), John C. Vassberg (Long Beach, Calif.), Dino L. Roman (Lake Forest, Calif.), John J. Brown (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Nathaniel J. Noel (North Charleston, S.C.) and Charles Daniel Peyton (Summerville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an expandable strut assembly for a wing of an aircraft, having a strut with a strut cross section with an airfoil shape, and the s...