ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,965, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Chamfer-cutting tools" was invented by Matthew W. Smith (Puyallup, Wash.), David L. Phillips (Buckley, Wash.), Matthew C. Meneghel (Tacoma, Wash.) and Cody S. Conant (Puyallup, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Chamfer-cutting tool kits comprise a cutter, a bushing, an upper-edge guide block, and a lower-edge guide block, and are configured to be selectively assembled into an upper-chamfer configuration for cutting an upper chamfer and into a lower-chamfer configuration for cutting a lower chamfer."
The patent was filed on Oct. 3, 2022, under Application No...