ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,460, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Adaptive workpiece support system" was invented by Justin Lee Peters (Carrollton, Ill.) and Stephen Lynn Farabee (Wentzville, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adaptive workpiece support system comprising a wear plate comprising a precision datum face and a plurality of tool holes, and accessories interactive with the plurality of tool holes of the wear plate to support, locate, and hold a workpiece against the wear plate for machining the workpiece. The plurality of tool holes is laid out in a grid and extending through the precision datum face, a thickness ...