ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,813, issued on June 17, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Methods and apparatus for multi-axis determinant assembly control" was invented by Chester James Hill IV (Grafton, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for multi-axis determinant assembly adjustment are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a base mounted to an assembly jig, a support having an interface surface to support a portion of a panel component, a pin to rotationally couple the support to the base, the support to rotate relative to the base about an axis of rotation of the pin, and an adjuster to cause translation of th...