US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Jan. 13 for "Brace for fuselage repairs" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,375, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Brace for fuselage repairs" was invented by Clifford Hellman (Carnation, Wash.), Bryan J. Gruner (Bellevue, Wash.) and Gregory P. Leigh (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a brace having a first leg and a second leg offset from the first leg. The brace also has a pivot assembly having a bar pivotably coupled with the first leg to define a first pivot point and pivotably coupled with the second leg to define a second pivot point. The brace further includes first and second attachment assemblies coupled with the first l...