ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,875, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"System and method for fluid cavitation processing a part" was invented by Daniel G. Sanders (Cle Elum, Wash.), Amanda J. Wickramaratne (Portland, Ore.), Hali T. Diep (Renton, Wash.) and Gregory L Ramsey (Seabeck, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a system for surface treating an internal surface of a part. The system comprises a tank within which the part is locatable. The system also comprises a fluid within the tank and capable of submersing the part when the part is located within the tank. The system further comprises a nozzle submers...