ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,517, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Automated cavitation processing" was invented by Daniel Gordon Sanders (Cle Elum, Wash.) and Kandaudage Channa Ruwan De Silva (Summerville, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for treating a surface of an object is disclosed, including a carrier configured to transport the object through a treatment zone and an array of nozzle devices, each nozzle device positioned to deliver a cavitating jet into the treatment zone. The apparatus further includes a fluid source, a pump connected to the fluid source, and a hose configured to carry fluid under high pr...