US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on Jan. 13 for "Co-cured UV/visible light-resistant composite material for structural aircraft assembly" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,976, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Co-cured UV/visible light-resistant composite material for structural aircraft assembly" was invented by Patrice K. Ackerman (Kent, Wash.), Melinda D. Miller (Snohomish, Wash.) and Jason A. Bolles (Kent, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Co-curable and co-cured UV/visible light-resistant composite materials are disclosed with UV/visible light protection exclusively imparted to a co-curable composite material substrate assembly by a co-curable UV/visible light-resistant layer disposed to cover the co-curable and co-cured composite material substrate."

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