US Patent Issued to The Boeing on June 3 for "Pick-and-place system and method for transferring and installing a contoured composite structure" (American, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,926, issued on June 3, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Pick-and-place system and method for transferring and installing a contoured composite structure" was invented by Darrell Darwin Jones (Mill Creek, Wash.), Raviendra S. Suriyaarachchi (Kirkland, Wash.), Antonio Martinez (Murcia, Spain) and Bret Rodeheaver (Lake Stevens, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a pick-and-place system for transferring and installing a contoured composite structure onto a mandrel, in a composite manufacturing system. The pick-and-place system includes a tray station having a tray assembly to hold the contoured composi...