US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Dec. 9 for "Apparatus, system, and method for reinforcing composite structure" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,691, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Apparatus, system, and method for reinforcing composite structure" was invented by Remmelt Andrew Staal (Irvine, Calif.), Glory C. Edwards (Edmonds, Wash.), Gregory J. Smith (Philipsburg, Mont.), Justin H. Register (Charleston, S.C.) and Ernie Fidgeon (Ymir, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are a repair apparatus, system, and method for structurally reinforcing an abnormal composite structural member. The repair is suited for reinforcing a cured composite structure that defines a strength tolerance and has an abnormality that reduces the str...