US Patent Issued to The Boeing on March 4 for "Apparatus and method for manufacturing thermoplastic wrinkle coupons" (Washington, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,188, issued on March 4, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Apparatus and method for manufacturing thermoplastic wrinkle coupons" was invented by Greg M. Reyneke (Everett, Wash.), Aaron R. Cowin (Dardenne Prairie, Mo.), Michael H. Larson (Mercer Island, Wash.), Kenndy San (Wentzville, Mo.), Emma L. Morrissey (Saint Louis, Mo.) and Andrew D. Wilkerson (Wentzville, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a wrinkle coupon includes providing a thermoplastic laminate having a laminate outer surface and opposing laminate side edges, and comprised of multiple plies. Each ply is comprised of reinforcing fib...