US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 15 for "Methods of making a reinforcement part and reinforcing a vehicle" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,273, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Methods of making a reinforcement part and reinforcing a vehicle" was invented by Remmelt Andrew Staal (Irvine, Calif.), Jay J. Patel (Irvine, Calif.) and John F. Spalding (Renton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a reinforcement part for a vehicle includes applying a release film directly onto a surface of the vehicle, applying a first metallic layer directly or indirectly onto the release film, applying a curable bonding layer directly onto the first metallic layer, and applying a second metallic layer directly onto the curable bonding ...