US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Aug. 5 for "Quick connect manifold for flowable material delivery to a part-forming fixture and associated systems and methods" (South Carolina, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,059, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Quick connect manifold for flowable material delivery to a part-forming fixture and associated systems and methods" was invented by Santiago M. Mejia (Johns Island, S.C.), Samantha Eberhardt (Charleston, S.C.), James R. Kendall (Mount Pleasant, S.C.), Byron J. Autry (Charleston, S.C.), Brian T. Peters (Mount Pleasant, S.C.), David H. Curry III (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) and David M. Raines (Huntsville, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system, and methods for providing flowable material to a part-forming fixture. The apparatus comprising a tool manifo...