US Patent Issued to The Boeing on March 11 for "Aircraft assemblies with sealing structures" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,832, issued on March 11, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Aircraft assemblies with sealing structures" was invented by Kevin R. Tsai (Redmond, Wash.) and Ramon A. Burin (Lake Stevens, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aircraft assemblies comprise an aerostructure, a sealing structure, and a flexure spring. The aerostructure comprises an end surface. The flexure spring is operably coupled between the aerostructure and the sealing structure and is configured to urge the sealing structure away from the end surface of the aerostructure. The flexure spring has a neutral configuration and a range of deflected configura...