US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Jan. 27 for "Optimized sealing process" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,182, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Optimized sealing process" was invented by Jonathan Young Ahn (Seattle), Shane Edward Arthur (Kirkland, Wash.) and Joseph D. Anderson (Olalla, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of sealing a component assembly includes applying onto a first component a first sealant bead having, in a cross-sectional view, a first width and a first height, wherein the first width is greater than the first height. The method also includes applying over the first sealant bead a second sealant bead having, in the cross-sectional view, a second width and a second height, ...