ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,798, issued on July 1, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Multi-material structures and methods" was invented by Jonathan D. Embler (Santa Ana, Calif.), William E. O'Connor (Santa Monica, Calif.), Tobias Schaedler (Oak Park, Calif.), Eric C. Clough (Santa Monica, Calif.), Raymond Nguyen (Anaheim, Calif.) and Sonia Zacher (Santa Monica, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-material structure includes a refractory portion with a metal or metal alloy of at least one of niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W), rhenium (Re), iridium (Ir), vanadium (V), and ruthenium (Ru). A structural portion is m...