US Patent Issued to The Boeing on June 24 for "Support pin assembly, support system, and method for the same" (Missouri, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,995, issued on June 24, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Support pin assembly, support system, and method for the same" was invented by Brent A. Beach (Chesterfield, Mo.), Colleen A. Oberlee (Saint Charles, Mo.), Timothy L. Smith (Brighton, Ill.) and Michael A. Ward (University City, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a support pin assembly for full size determinant assembly of an aircraft structure. The support pin assembly includes a block having a vertical bore and a horizontal bore; a bushing within the horizontal bore; a barrel nut having a cylindrical body within the vertical bore and a barrel...