US Patent Issued to The Boeing on March 18 for "Beaded composite structures and methods for manufacturing beaded composite structures" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,245, issued on March 18, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Beaded composite structures and methods for manufacturing beaded composite structures" was invented by Daniel J. McMillan (Edmonds, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite structure has a first layer connect to a second layer to form a layered structure. The second layer has a plurality of base portions abutting the first layer and a plurality of beaded portions protruding from the plurality of base portions. Each beaded portion of the plurality of beaded portions defines a channel between the first layer and the second layer. A method for manufactur...