US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Feb. 10 for "Precision assembly process and advance tooling methods of use" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,868, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Precision assembly process and advance tooling methods of use" was invented by Kwok Tung Chan (Seattle) and Farahnaz Sisco (Mukilteo, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jig for use in performing an operation on a component includes a body including a back surface and a front surface opposite the back surface. The front surface defining a nominal shape of the component. The jig also includes a track extending at least partially along a length of the body. The jig further includes a carriage mounted to the track and adjacent the back surface. The carriage con...