ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,859, issued on April 29, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Mechanical avatar assembly and system for use in a confined space in a structure and method of using the same" was invented by Jerry D. Chungbin (Kenmore, Wash.), Shuonan Dong (Seattle), John W. Fuller (Seattle), Samuel F. Pedigo (Lake Forest Park, Wash.), Santosh Devasia (Lake Forest Park, Wash.), Benjamin Yat-Chun Wong (Lynnwood, Wash.), Kyle William Schultz (Seattle), Wade Marquette (Mukilteo, Wash.), Lucky Singh (Seatac, Wash.), Derek Keith Loy (Mukilteo, Wash.) and Joseph L. Garbini (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a mechanical ava...