ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,990, issued on July 22, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Cold sprayed electrical circuits and methods thereof" was invented by Eric Alan Bruton (Lake St. Louis, Mo.), Stephen P. Gaydos (St. Louis) and Andrew Michael Zweig (Chesterfield, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a cold spray metal process for providing an electrical connection within a multilayered composite article. The present disclosure relates to a cold sprayed metal coated article or a structural component having a polymeric composite material having at least one surface, a thermoplastic electrochemical insulating l...