ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,704, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).
"Cold spray metallic coating and methods" was invented by Eric A. Bruton (St. Louis) and Stephen P. Gaydos (St. Louis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a cold spray metal process for imparting electromagnetic interference (EMI) resistance or lightning protection to the surface of a polymer, and a polymer with surface EMI resistance, or lightning protection, articles coated therefrom, and methods of reducing or eliminating electrochemical interactions between the metallic coating and components of the polymer."
The patent was f...